On Mon, 3 Jul 2017 09:59:34 -0600, rbowman wrote:

On 07/03/2017 04:50 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
The economy between 1200 and 1500 was nothing like the U.S. economy,
nor would we want it to be.

I suppose not if you're good on an economy based on debt and consumerism.

Native Americans used Wampum!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wampum

"...Wampum was used by the northeastern Americans Indians as a form of
gift exchange, and the colonists adopted it as currency in trading
with them. Eventually, the colonists developed more efficient methods
of producing wampum, which caused inflation and ultimately the
obsolescence of it as currency."