Dr. Fauvelle did acknowledge criticism in the direction of his discourse surrounding the dangers of international travel. Traders would not have carried that much cash on them. In the two aforementioned societies, however, their form of currency was a commodity that eventually became financial money.
His trade theory differs from conventional approaches but avoids the “myth of barter.” Most studies have more or less ruled out the idea that a purely barter-based society existed.
The California shell bead money and bronze ingots demonstrate that a unified form of currency circulated outside a group. Furthermore, the shell beads became increasingly socially significant as they appeared in rituals, presenting another meaning to money.