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~\U:v.--cs *h>a>s m chetr o«n geography. ( ..] Eiery exchange tak es piat w I oernui svw. and no space » neulnl; that means that ii is 'tw<hhcj«a|» |||jb* • Imm betng" tBntudel I992a: 159). Thereforc we shall mik. spcefi B dmpag spnee. «tnch is wkJ b> sonie auihority connectoi wiih sonie »alh at aadeaadrwitamsmg m. Hence \ye roay concludc that no ma ner »hat KKirflciU dumce (rade, n needed to be well oryanuol in order to be eSaot I «» eaMcianl «:th poipic «to had ibe neccssan. economic means. onkok of IMNedmg nS «. '..uvov as Meli as safe eommunication routes ProMiiMd dmę Runo imołted aiaiłabtliri of people and economic resoutecs We oaat to a ,\«dasK« that theie B • cause-and-etYcet telation bciween long-disuio: eicharge and ik lot) of wiakewwmK developmem of a socicti whieh un.-.-r-at,,s saęi m etfon not once bul cyeh.ally - ańer all. ihe etłon requned aotoah kv«mk means bp eftcMM managcntcnt as Meli.
The demand rat “vtr«cgic“ resounres was nol always a sufticient monie po» a tur euhaife lf thc economic etYort neccssary to obtaia some
ma marniał or for distance to be coecred were too large tor a cerom social grap* ptufk probabłi ghasektush1 resięntd ftorn u and looked tor sonie replaetaear Maacnal or Hm fo ihc mdtttonai one. V $vxni tllustnilion of sucb betawut s Kap ot' Siat resourees mstead of bronce in sonie European repM nikli kbd cofowed metal ores. Consensus tcsignation couk) also resuh ;i''~ cemdnatm ■ thinkmg. Partial return to stone materia !s at the etui of 2 *ai ia fot hopanmg of lH millennium Bl m thc Pomian conc was on thc one M 4 oecess*n mulaci tran breaking and destruerion of thc cichangc wjtwsifck «>wn ui*h Mas aa erteet of a ensis oi crtaking the steppos idepopulancok <• Ir Ober band that phcnomcnoa mai be considcred in tenns of eeoner.; . uh' aabti i atcetmg H nceds on the existing leiel becatne for indii idnat p»p » (voknbk bard co Im M-as Kx> hugcY
lakerest I ha\uhous cummodtties. obiec ts contmonli weated as a «(• > sjemt and “>oc»et>“ rank of an mdmdual or a group. remained htghN conea-Ml Mb de k\el of 'ocial-economtc dciełopment of a gi\ en conW«*rt fanaaMa of neul elito wielding wealth and power. U is aeeomp-il'KV •' aawn of a tain social consctousness and acceptancc of paritciilaf *>w
ttbicb antę aell tmdcrstood within a gucn group, and cxen characten*
HnfiMMklM kieł of a societi is associatcd \i iih a sphere ^ hkaf «di aa atciaaac at pohttcal poner heki hi the preiatlmg u--Mi ftMMai of ich|wt» elito ippcarol an increased demand tv" "* p MpMMM Sar praiKai a cali and cniphasirutg thc rank of the poH™ K ’s .-
bcen e.g.. prwtous incenses. luwmous e''1''
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h other rare eoods thcaictiN atafarE|y|MimfiH.ad*« kempies. etc V
of boag-dtMance c\change tetpared dficoi ocgaaMMM - road-M«tl as pcotection of coaamaacaboa rotaes aad peopk opfd a B|>la to clkcnts In oreanised ochanec pertdrmed ■ a kp *dt ■g arnalli apents (raetchantsi - raceły pcodacen - »to at k >•« mat Mknę proiiders.
1 ku not mean. that indtiidual less neałthi pcopk or «Mt oMBMko to have sufftcietitly efhctcnt cconomi abo thd not haie desaaes lf a .«ap (ceacmaatsil of a “hmirious produet' nas creakcd and thc axc» to " mMMl aaiarml desite for possessing it was conpensakcd m ssat ccher ws> i «a dane gpfcough unktanng aad copyii1 » M«re han) to dtstutgunh jdve aaatysea, espectaili «
0 Iftktr mas no tdenttcal m imki|
IM of Nvrtre or copper. ftint or skoac. mstead of glass. cki. cke \anoa$ akol
Bte cOBCNtH sryltcattons Mece eien morę cuaaaoa - ir. watn ptodacaoJ acMAag>raad in aumerous other fiekłs of aaaenal aad tpnkal cahoce.
The most important conckauoa seans to be the reahsMŃa ot the tact that ■
1 rwa penods - similarły as m our tittics - conir.tonh. undersseod eodes ciotce 'iw kev. synibotic eooccpts teforred to imoa aspeets ot' Ute hrb imktj
d 'Tintual and thcrc Mere some wtucb detemuned soki [omMI -ml Piobabty sonie cibjccts comhaied lanoa eontents and s>«hw iossesskm of rare and i-mhiabk obiects aot oah tktcnwmcd a persej aat. but in a (keper meaniap it pcoied their counpe imim ńwn r. wdani tbelongmg the ntkrsk and cspecialli their social ptestigo
■r ptesoge is a mighty monie power for an mJbudual \spie»tkxi tj_
ts citcmal signs ts. as it nas cariter. probahti ais*.' in thc Btonae .\pf. thc ieas.e •x umknakinf \arious econotiiie and otpinisat>onal efforts swk as trak. m-(hkiwig kmg-dtstance.
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In ternts of ptesngtous ttems. w tthm the eonlittcs ot thc Bro‘- c thc to-.-c» mg objeets mai be consKkred: flint or litke aitctaets K # Maekaki. ^ metal objeets (all of thcm?V ainKf. głass and taK-ooc'' •,'ivxhxts. as ivNS as probabli sonie of the bonę or antkr objeets iflncti madę o: o Kwi tccrtt hw
tablcts. (te k and jeobabli a nwmber of otha anefo.es. tncfohng i''wn V ;he objeets madę of bonę. antkr or other co»«tivn tesotttoes. tmcntg ibe». posstbk .wodanoo ts dtfficuh tf tbei are not awropatol bi imapte o ^-.v. manslnr Such is not the ease «f dtsewenes to thc l ubitn -v>'<o* Ikc ->.v abo «o amhct or glass produets. which cowkl be reUtcsł K' th»t m«e