First Page
13
ISSN
0843-5499
Last Page
26
Abstract
Burials excavated on the north coast of Peru were associated with 16th-century European glass beads as well as shell and stone specimens of local manufacture. The beads were strung as necklaces, bracelets, and anklets, often combining several varieties of European beads with local products. The glass beads as well as the other grave goods suggest that the burials date to the first part of the 16th century, probably between 1530 and 1560.
Publisher Information
The Society of Bead Researchers is a non-profit scientific-educational corporation founded in 1981 to foster historical, archaeological, and material cultural research on beads and beadwork of all materials and periods, and to expedite the dissemination of the resultant knowledge. Membership is open to all persons involved in the study of beads, as well as those interested in keeping abreast of current trends in bead research.
Repository Citation
Donnan, Christopher B. and Silton, Jill
(2010).
"Sixteenth-Century Glass Beads from Chotuna, North Coast of Peru."
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
22: 13-26. Available at:
https://surface.syr.edu/beads/vol22/iss1/5
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