Production and Exchange During the La Tène Period in Bohemia

Abstract

An economic approach is used to explore production and exchange in Bohemia during the Iron Age, concentrating on the production of iron, on agriculture, and on the manufacture, use, and trade of pottery and quem-stones. The relationship of oppida to unenclosed sites is particularly investigated. The rise of oppida is seen to reflect the need for disbibution rather than production centres. Their political importance is doubted and the intensity of the economic 'boom' of the La rene period is claimed to be less great than commonly assumed.