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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"trade beads"”.
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Detecting preference in the archaeological record: a study of glass trade beads among the Natchez Indians
… undocumented sample of over 13,800 glass trade beads from historic Natchez Indian sites in Adams County, Mississippi was classified and 52 separate varieties were identified. The data were then analyzed in order to examine variation between six Natchez settlement districts, or village …
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Relationships and Reciprocity: a Collaborative Approach to Ethnoarchaeology of the Choctaw (Chahta) Homeland
… focuses on the form and function of white glass trade beads on a Choctaw site in Kemper County, Mississippi. Finally, the third article makes the case for evidence of a Choctaw Cuisine in the archaeological record that has endured through time. In conclusion, a summary will be given to highlight …
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The Maritime Archaeology of West Africa in the Atlantic World: Investigations at Elmina, Ghana
… of Elmina and is characterized by a mass of trade goods, including brass and pewter basins, brass manillas, lead rolls, trade beads, pins, cowrie shells, as well as large iron cannons.</p> <p>I utilize a multi-scalar approach in this research, which allows me to take the shipwreck as the …
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Osage Glass Bead Use: Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Evidence of Change and Continuity Through the Early Postcontact Era
… a study of archaeologically recovered glass beads from four post-contact Osage sites in Missouri: the Brown, Plattner, Carrington, and Hayes sites. Contingency table analyses and diversity indices of the bead data are used to test two hypotheses generated by the cultural change framework. …