BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers

Article Title

On The Date of the Copper Age in the United States

Authors

A. Morlot

First Page

39

ISSN

0843-5499

Last Page

48

Abstract

During the mid-19th century, some scholars believed that the chevron beads found in early Indian graves had been brought to North America by globe-trotting Phoenicians or representatives of some other higher European civilization. A paper on the subject published in 1862 by one of the theory's proponents is reproduced here, along with contemporary descriptions and illustrations of the beads under discussion.

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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

Morlot, A. (1992). "On The Date of the Copper Age in the United States." BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers 4: 39-48. Available at: https://surface.syr.edu/beads/vol4/iss1/7