Article Title
First Page
60
ISSN
0843-5499
Last Page
62
Abstract
Chemical analysis of a unique black bead found in Turkey that depicts the four phases of the moon reveals it most likely originated in the Fichtelgebirge region of Bavaria at some time prior to the early 19th century.
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
Stricker, Thomas; Karklins, Karlis; Mangus, Mark; and Watts, Thaddeus
(2018).
"Sourcing a Unique Man-in-the-Moon Bead."
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
30: 60-62. Available at:
https://surface.syr.edu/beads/vol30/iss1/11
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