Article Title
First Page
61
ISSN
0843-5499
Last Page
80
Abstract
An understanding of beads requires an understanding of the people involved with them. This paper examines three historical aspects of people engaged in beadmaking, especially the production of glass beads. The history of their social relations is considered in regards to the record of their physical movements, the manner in which they organize themselves and pass on their traditions, and their status within society. Information concerning each of these is arranged geographically and chronologically in an attempt to discern the patterns of the social history of beadmakers.
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
Francis, Peter Jr.
(1994).
"Toward a Social History of Beadmakers."
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
6: 61-80. Available at:
https://surface.syr.edu/beads/vol6/iss1/7
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