Metal Tools and the Transformation of an Oceanic Exchange System

Fitzpatrick, Scott M.; Caruso, Annie C.; Peterson, Jenna E. (June 2006). "Metal Tools and the Transformation of an Oceanic Exchange System". Historical Archaeology. 40 (2): 9–27. doi:10.1007/BF03376723. ISSN 2328-1103 0440-9213, 2328-1103 .

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Abstract: The introduction of European technologies transformed some key aspects of traditional Pacific Island lifeways and exchange systems. One of the most dramatic changes was the replacement of shell and stone tools with those made from iron. As European explorers and traders ventured throughout Micronesia, metal commodities became highly sought after by indigenous peoples. An example of metal tools replacing traditional technologies is presented to explain how this culture contact ultimately changed one of the most famous exchange systems in the Pacific—the quarrying of stone money by Yapese Islanders in the Palau archipelago. The first iron tools ever found in excavation at a stone money quarry site are discussed in relation to their role in changing this unique interisland exchange system during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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