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Tag Archives: terracotta
Bead Bias: Looking at Materials Besides Glass
There’s a bit of a bias in archaeology in terms of the literature associated with beads. The largest body of research looks at glass beads. There is also a sizable amount of work on stone beads. There is virtually no literature looking at amber beads. There is almost nothing on shell beads. Or bone. Or terracotta. Continue reading
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Tagged amber, archaeology, artefact, bead, bone, glass, science, shell, stone, terracotta
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