Reaching back into prehistory , author Dr. James W. Lankton traces beads through time and space, following their role in the development of technology, social stratification, political organization, religion, ritual, writing and commerce, as the story of beads intertwines with the growth of civilization. Published by The Bead Museum in Washington, D.C., this authoritative reference is based on the Museum's Bead Timeline exhibit which displays beads of all materials arranged in chronological and geographic sequence. Seventy-six full-color photographs by Robert K. Liu, Ph.D. include panoramic views of the Museum's Bead Timeline panels, which locate the beads in historical sequence, and closeups, which show details of classical bead types. Providing practical information for identifying beads, this volume, the first of two, focuses primarily on organic beads--especially shell, ivory, coral, amber, soft stones, such as turquoise and lapis lazuli: and hard stones, such as carnelian, chalcedony, rock crystal and jade, as well as faience and glass. Reviewing important bead developments in Mesopotamia, the eastern Mediterranean and Egypt, the Hellenistic and Roman world, early Europe, South and Southeast Asia, China, Korea and more, this survey to 1200 CE will enhance the reader's appreciation of beads in their cultural context.
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This is meant to be a guide to the Bead Timeline exhibit in Washington, DC. It does not include the earliest neolithic beads that have been found dating back as far as 100,000 BC. What it does give is a very good commentary on the techniques of bead making from about 12,000 BC up to 1200 CE, and shows good examples from the collection. There is ample information about where beads have been found (everywhere) and it alludes to the role beads have played in cultural diffusion and technological development. As new discoveries are made, the collection will be expanded.
Lankton tells us he hopes that, after seeing a small sample, the reader will want to visit the actual collection. He has convinced me.
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James Lankton's monograph appears to be a must-have for any archaeologist. It reconstructs the history of bead-making from the very beginning until 1200 C.E. and has many beautiful colour pictures of different beads. When you look at the pictures, you immediately recognize how many different types of beads exist and how beautiful they are. The monograph also shows many exhange, trade and cultural connections between many societies of the past. In fact, it's an excellent monograph. But I must emphasize that it concerns a very special topic and will be useful and evolving only if you like archaeology, history of art or beads themselves.
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"It's not about beads, it's about people," the late Peter Francis, Jr., never ceased to remind us. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
banded agate beads, tabular beads, mosaic beads, mosaic glass beads, bead roughouts, mosaic canes, melon beads, segmented beads, millefiori beads, bead museum, etched carnelian beads, century beads, copper drills, agate glass, period beads, steatite beads, bead blanks, similar beads, spacer beads, eye beads, faience beads, quartz beads, lapis lazuli beads, disk beads, cylindrical bead Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
West Asia, Black Sea, Warring States, Habuba Kabira, Ban Chiang, Iron Age, Khlong Thom, East Java, Euphrates River, Central Asia, Tell Brak, Yarim Tepe, Central Europe, Early Dynastic, Ice Age, New York, Persian Gulf, South Asia, Southeast Asia, West Africa, Allard Pierson Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Queen Puabi, Red Sea, Sri Lanka New!
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"It's not about beads, it's about people," the late Peter Francis, Jr., never ceased to remind us. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
banded agate beads, tabular beads, mosaic beads, mosaic glass beads, bead roughouts, mosaic canes, melon beads, segmented beads, millefiori beads, bead museum, etched carnelian beads, century beads, copper drills, agate glass, period beads, steatite beads, bead blanks, similar beads, spacer beads, eye beads, faience beads, quartz beads, lapis lazuli beads, disk beads, cylindrical bead Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
West Asia, Black Sea, Warring States, Habuba Kabira, Ban Chiang, Iron Age, Khlong Thom, East Java, Euphrates River, Central Asia, Tell Brak, Yarim Tepe, Central Europe, Early Dynastic, Ice Age, New York, Persian Gulf, South Asia, Southeast Asia, West Africa, Allard Pierson Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Queen Puabi, Red Sea, Sri Lanka New!
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- Indian Ocean In Antiquity by Reade in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Beads and Bead Makers: Gender, Material Culture and Meaning (Cross Cultural Perspectives on Women) by Lidia D. Sciama in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Early Chinese Glass by Simon Kwan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Early Stages in the Evolution of Mesopotamian Civilization: Soviet Excavations in Northern Iraq by Norman Yoffee in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Scientific Research in Early Chinese Glass by R. Brill in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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