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Wampum Production and Intertribal Exchange in the Northeastern Woodlands (c. 1500–1850 CE)

1500 - 1794

Upper Paleolithic Shell-Bead Networks in Europe (c. 40,000–10,000 BP)

8190 BCE - 1050 BCE

Potlatch Ceremonies and Intertribal Exchange on the Northwest Coast (c. 1700–1920 CE)

1700 - 1980

Orang Laut and Maritime Hunter-Gatherer Exchange in the Straits of Malacca Region (c. 1000–1800 CE)

1000 - 1800

Olivella Shell-Bead Exchange on the California Coast (c. 1000–1800 CE)

1000 - 1834

Obsidian Exchange Networks in Anatolia and the Levant (c. 12,000–2,000 BCE)

12000 BCE - 2000 BCE

Northwest Amazonian Hunter-Gatherer Exchange in Forest Products and Ceremonial Goods (pre-1500 CE–1900 CE)

1400 - 1950

Natufian Exchange Networks in the Southern Levant (c. 12,500–9,500 BCE)

12500 BCE - 1928

Mesolithic Iberian Shell and Lithic Exchange Networks (c. 9000–5000 BCE)

9000 BCE - 5000 BCE

Mesolithic Baltic Amber Trade Routes (c. 9000–2000 BCE)

9000 BCE - 2000 BCE

Melian Obsidian Distribution in the Aegean (c. 7000–2000 BCE)

7000 BCE - 2000 BCE

Jōmon Coastal Exchange and Obsidian Trade in Japan (c. 14,000–300 BCE)

14000 BCE - 300 BCE

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