First Page
85
ISSN
0843-5499
Last Page
92
Abstract
This paper describes some of the more distinctive characteristics of perforated prehistoric ornaments, primarily beads and pendants, found on the Caribbean islands of Curaçao and Bonaire. The production and stylization of these ornaments is briefly compared between the islands, as well as with specimens recovered from sites on the South American mainland.
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
Haviser, Jay B.
(1990).
"Perforated Prehistoric Ornaments Of Curaçao And Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles."
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
2: 85-92. Available at:
https://surface.syr.edu/beads/vol2/iss1/8
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