ABSTRACT
Introduction: The Archaeologist’s Approach to Numismatic Materials The similarities and differences in the ways that archaeologists and numismatists approach numismatic material were introduced in Chapter 8, and that comparison is continued here. Most nonprofessional numismatists are primarily collectors who share the perspectives, methods, and attitudes common to collectors of other types of material but are focused on coins, tokens, and a few other related objects. The primary interest of an archaeologist is how numismatic artifacts work as part of the material culture of a larger society or one or more communities. They use this material and its context to tease out information about human behavior and the economic and social life of the communities.
