Article Title
First Page
44
ISSN
0843-5499
Last Page
51
Abstract
Faceted rock-crystal beads attributed to ca. 1550-1630 have been found at a number of North American archaeological sites, principally in the southeastern United Sates where they are generally termed Florida Cut-Crystal. Finds further to the north are rare. It was, therefore, of great interest to discover three different examples in the bead collections of two 17th-century Huron-Wendat sites in southern Ontario: Le Caron (BeGx-15) and Warminster (BdGv-1). The beads are investigated using a multi-disciplinary approach in an effort to determine how and where they were produced.
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; Hawkins, Alicia; Walder, Heather; and Fairgrieve, Scott
(2018).
"Florida Cut-Crystal Beads in Ontario."
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
30: 44-51. Available at:
https://surface.syr.edu/beads/vol30/iss1/8
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