Article Title
First Page
55
ISSN
0843-5499
Last Page
80
Abstract
Archaeological excavations conducted on the Caribbean island of St. Eustatius over a seven-year period produced a wide array of 18th to early 20th-century beads of glass, coral and carnelian. Detailed descriptions of the recovered specimens are supplemented by information concerning their distribution, relative frequencies, color preference, temporal placement, origins, acquisition and use. Comparative site data are also provided.
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
Karklins, Karlis and Barka, Norman F.
(1989).
"The Beads of St. Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles."
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
1: 55-80. Available at:
https://surface.syr.edu/beads/vol1/iss1/7
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