Beads and Beadmaking
Bead making is one of our very first arts, as humans. Here are some articles and resources on this endlessly fascinating world.
America's Oldest Beads
Pictures only of bone and other beads from the Lindenmeier site, a paleoindian site in Colorado.
Pictures only of bone and other beads from the Lindenmeier site, a paleoindian site in Colorado.
Beadtown Museum: Shells and Beads
A hobbyist discussion of shell beads, but some pictures of Olivella and Dentalium are here.
A hobbyist discussion of shell beads, but some pictures of Olivella and Dentalium are here.
Komboloi: Don't Worry, Bead Happy
Like most Greek folk art, the history of komboloi is confused. Some claim that they are a recent addition to mainland Greek culture, arriving only seventy or eighty years ago, or that they are a mimicry of Turkish prayer bead strands. Your guide to Greece for Visitors, deTraci Regula, takes a whack at explaining them.
Like most Greek folk art, the history of komboloi is confused. Some claim that they are a recent addition to mainland Greek culture, arriving only seventy or eighty years ago, or that they are a mimicry of Turkish prayer bead strands. Your guide to Greece for Visitors, deTraci Regula, takes a whack at explaining them.
Society of Bead Researchers
With a stated aim to foster historical, archaeological, and material cultural research on beads of all materials and periods, the site has links to many resources of interest to the historic archaeologist.
With a stated aim to foster historical, archaeological, and material cultural research on beads of all materials and periods, the site has links to many resources of interest to the historic archaeologist.
Viking Glass and Amber Bead-Making
While the Vikings had no part in the invention of glass, and didn't have the technique down very well at that, they did create some pretty beads and vessels. From the Regia Anglorum site.
While the Vikings had no part in the invention of glass, and didn't have the technique down very well at that, they did create some pretty beads and vessels. From the Regia Anglorum site.