Exchange relationships at Ugarit
By: Kevin M. McGeough.
Series: Ancient Near Eastern studies -- 26
Publisher: Peeters
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Leuven; Dudley, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9789042919358
Subjects: Cuneiform inscriptions, Ugaritic; Ugarit (Extinct city) -- Economic conditions
Description: "This volume explores how economic agents in and around Ugarit operated in different exchange networks and how elite actors could gain power by operating across more than one network. By applying a Network-based model to both the textual and the archaeological data from the site of Ugarit, economic activities at the site are reconstructed in this volume"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [382]-419) and indexes.