A new study of European beads reveals the “extensive reach” of Native American trade networks in the 17th century. Image from the journal Antiquity European glass beads reached parts of North America ...
Tiny glass beads discovered in mountain caves about 25 miles from the shores of Lake Malawi in eastern-central Africa provide evidence that European trade in the continent’s hinterland was built on ...
Renewed interest has been generated in studies of beads from southern African Iron Age sites. Statistical analyses of bead frequencies can now be undertaken, making use of a standardized, ...
European-crafted glass beads found at three different indigenous sites in northern Alaska date back to the pre-colonial period of North America, in what is an intriguing archaeological discovery.
Title from title page of source document. Submitted to the Dept. of Anthropology. Document formatted into pages; contains 250 pages. Summary Despite the increase in West African archaeology over the ...
These beads varities, known as “Early Blue” and “Ichtucknee Plain,” have never before been dated to pre-Columbian times. (photo by Lester Ross; courtesy of Robin O. Mills) Already a member? Sign in ...
Illustrations (some color), maps, tables, graphs. Reprinted in Interconnections: glass beads and trade in southern and eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean, 7th to 16th centuries AD, by Marilee Wood ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Although it is generally recognized that the French played an important role in the bead trade during the early contact period in Northeastern ...
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