ANTH 320 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Ikonos, Quickbird, Precious Metal
Document Summary
Khmer inscriptions provide range of information: consecration of new religious foundations and gifts to the gods, land transfers and exchanges, no coin/monetary system in place. It was all barter (item for item: taxes levied on most commodities including: Coinage appears in cambodia in the 16th century : due to expansion in trade with the outside world. No references to common currency in angkor. Inscriptions list variety of barter items: cloth, metal containers, livestock, silver, paddy. Why do they not have any money?: three questions/explanations: Local resources and foreign metals were available yet not used either. Khmer typically seen as an uninvolved with regional trade. Si, sii and jvii all expanded commercial territories (northern vietnam, Abandonment of coinage to ensure tighter regulation of commodities. Khmer did not administer their empire uniformly from the center: two distinct sectors of economy. Object list material: only most common. Object list by weight: only most common.
