BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers was initiated in 1989 to encourage and publish scholarly research on beads and beadwork of all materials and periods from around the world. Researchers are invited to submit scholarly articles on practically any topic that involves beads, especially from an archaeological or ethnographic context. [More]
Full text is available for volumes one (1989) through six (1994) and select others. Titles, tables of contents, and abstracts are available for all volumes (1989-present).
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Current Volume: Volume 28 (2016)
Full Issue
Front Matter
Articles
Imitation Amber Beads of Phenolic Resin from the African Trade
Rosanna Falabella
The Fichtelgebirge Bead and Button Industry of Bavaria
Karlis Karklins, Sibylle Jargstorf, Gerhard Zeh, and Laure Dussubieux
Beads and Pendants from the Tumuli Cemeteries at Wadi Qitna and Kalabsha-South, Nubia
Joanna Then-Obłuska
Beads at The Place of White Earth - Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic Aktopraklık, Northwestern Turkey
Emma L. Baysal
Frit-Core Beads in North America
Karlis Karklins
End Matter

Officers for 2016
- President:
- Stefany Tomalin
- Secretary/Treasurer
- Alice Scherer
- Editor
- Karlis Karklins
Committees
Editorial Advisory
- Laurie Burgess, chair
- Christopher DeCorse
- Marvin T. Smith
Publications
- Karlis Karklins, chair
- Margret Carey
- Alice Scherer