Dr. Mikael Fauvelle integrated both theories into his new proposition, but he introduced a concept called the “trade theory of money.” As groups began to travel long distances, they needed a currency to be able to circulate goods, often with a language barrier.
“It is an exciting time to be working on the origins of money,” Dr. Fauvelle wrote in a recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. New forms of digital currencies have sparked the imagination to debate about what money is and where it came from.