The Elemental Analysis of Glass Beads

Bibliographic Data

ID5800835
AuthorsJurgen Leemans, Friedemann Vervoort, Alison Carter (0000-0001-6331-2149), Elliot H Blair (0000-0003-0190-8910), Carla Klehm (0000-0003-2524-5859), L M Panich (0000-0002-5741-8921), Alicia L Hawkins (0000-0002-4173-9835), Jessica Dalton-Carriger
EditorsLaure Dussubieux, Heather Walder (0000-0003-2312-245X)
Year2022
Publication date2022-08-10
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueThe Elemental Analysis of Glass Beads (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherLeuven University Press (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.11116/9789461664655
OpenAlexW4299307220
ISBN9789461664655
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited31

Glass beads, both beautiful and portable, have been produced and traded globally for thousands of years. Modern archaeologists study these artifacts through sophisticated methods that analyze the glass composition, a process which can be utilized to trace bead usage through time and across regions. This book publishes open-access compositional data obtained from laser ablation - inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry, from a single analytical laboratory, providing a uniquely comparative data set. The geographic range includes studies of beads produced in Europe and traded widely across North America and beads from South and Southeast Asia traded around the Indian Ocean and beyond. The contributors provide new insight on the timing of interregional interactions, technologies of bead production and patterns of trade and exchange, using glass beads as a window to the past. This volume will be a key reference for glass researchers, archaeologists, and any scholars interested in material culture and exchange; it provides a wide range of case studies in the investigation and interpretation of glass bead composition, production and exchange since ancient times

Bead · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis