William T Billeck
Biographic Data
| ID | 118123 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William T Billeck |
| GIVEN NAMES | William T |
| FAMILY NAME | Billeck |
| SIGNATURE | BILLECK W T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Smithsonian Institution |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3219-9715 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Flying Woman’s Beaded Cheyenne Cradleboard and Associated Bead Card from Fort Keogh, Montana
Glass bead sample cards were sent out in the 19th century by bead dealers and producers to illustrate their products and few are known that include small beads of drawn manufacture. One such card marked New York was acquired in 1882 by Captain Eli Lindesmith, a Catholic priest and Army chaplain at Fort Keogh, Montana. Lindesmith used the card to select seed beads for a cradleboard he commissioned that year from a Cheyenne woman named Flying Woman…
Plains Anthropological Society 2024 distinguished service award recipient L. Adrien Hannus
L. Adrien Hannus received the Plains Anthropological Society Distinguished Service Award at the 81st Plains Anthropological Conference held in Lethbridge, Alberta. Adrien has been a member of the P
A Diagnostic Early Seventeenth-Century Glass-Bead Assemblage from New Lenox, Illinois: Building a Midwestern Glass-Bead Chronological Sequence
An assemblage of 33 glass beads dates the protohistoric component at the New Lenox site in Illinois to within Glass Bead Period 2 (1600–1625/1630). All the white glass beads had been opacified with tin and lead, as determined by pXRF, resulting in a chemical composition indicative of a pre-1625 date. The New Lenox beads likely derived from indirect trade primarily with the French in northeast North America. Since it falls within a tightly dated t…
Plant remains and associated insects from the Millipede site (13ML361), a burned earthlodge in southwest Iowa
The Millipede site is a Nebraska variant (Central Plains tradition) lodge dating to ca. AD 1300. The structure had burned, preserving a rich array of plant remains and insects. Elm was the principal wood used in lodge construction and hophornbeam (ironwood) was also heavily employed. Maize (mostly 10-row) was plentiful, and common beans also were present. Over 3,600 goosefoot (Chenopodium cf. berlandieri) seeds were recovered, most of which deriv…
A Glass Bead Sequence for South America Based on Collections from Brazil and Guyana
Glass trade bead assemblages recovered during archaeological investigations at nine sites by Smithsonian archaeologists Betty Meggers and Clifford Evans in Brazil in 1948 and 1949 and Guyana in 1952 and 1953 date to multiple time periods, including the early 17th, mid-18th, mid-19th, and mid-20th centuries. The assemblages are used to show that the glass bead chronologies developed in North America are directly applicable to South America and tha…
A multi-regional obsidian database for the Eastern Plains
Travis W. Jonesa* http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8237-1726, Robert J. Speakmana, William T. Billeckb & Robert J. Hoardc http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9577-5321a University of Georgiab Smithsonian Institutionc Kansas Historical Society
Glass bead inlaid pottery from the northern Plains
Glass beads are rarely reported as decorative elements in indigenous North American ceramics of the Post-Contact era. In this article, we present information on glass bead inlaid pottery from three
Ethnographic and historical evidence for glass pendant function in the Plains
The Arikara (Sahnish) were unsurpassed in the manufacture of glass pendants, beads, and effigies made by crushing and re-fusing glass trade beads in the Historic period (Billeck 2013). While native
Note from the President
Red-on-White Drawn or Cornelian Beads: A 19th-Century Temporal Marker for the Plains
The red-on-white drawn glass bead is an under-used 19th-century temporal marker for cultural objects and archaeological assemblages from Native American and fur trade sites in the Plains region of the United States. This bead variety is referred to as "cornelian" in Plains fur trade records, but is also known by several additional names in other places including cornaline d'Aleppo, cornaline, and corniola. By examining bead sample cards, historic…
Federal Repatriation Legislation and the Role of Physical Anthropology in Repatriation
Two laws governing the disposition of Native American human remains in museums and institutions have had a profound impact on anthropology, and especially physical anthropology. In contrast to the perception of constant conflict between Native Americans and physical anthropologists, the repatriation process based on these laws has been in large part harmonious between institutions and Native peoples in the US. Despite misconceptions, the Native A…
Fluted Point Distribution in the Loess Hills of Southwestern Iowa
Clovis and Folsom points from Mills and Fremont counties in the Loess Hills of southwestern Iowa are mainly found on hilltops, the only part of the Paleo indian landscape that is likely to be exposed on the modem surface. Approximately half of the fluted points broke in manufacture. Most of the points are made of locally available chert. Nonlocallithic material is also present, primarily in the form of finished points
Federal Repatriation Legislation and the Role of Physical Anthropology in Repatriation
Two laws governing the disposition of Native American human remains in museums and institutions have had a profound impact on anthropology, and especially physical anthropology. In contrast to the perception of constant conflict between Native Americans and physical anthropologists, the repatriation process based on these laws has been in large part harmonious between institutions and Native peoples in the US. Despite misconceptions, the Native A…
Ethnographic and historical evidence for glass pendant function in the Plains
The Arikara (Sahnish) were unsurpassed in the manufacture of glass pendants, beads, and effigies made by crushing and re-fusing glass trade beads in the Historic period (Billeck 2013). While native
Red-on-White Drawn or Cornelian Beads: A 19th-Century Temporal Marker for the Plains
The red-on-white drawn glass bead is an under-used 19th-century temporal marker for cultural objects and archaeological assemblages from Native American and fur trade sites in the Plains region of the United States. This bead variety is referred to as "cornelian" in Plains fur trade records, but is also known by several additional names in other places including cornaline d'Aleppo, cornaline, and corniola. By examining bead sample cards, historic…
A Diagnostic Early Seventeenth-Century Glass-Bead Assemblage from New Lenox, Illinois: Building a Midwestern Glass-Bead Chronological Sequence
An assemblage of 33 glass beads dates the protohistoric component at the New Lenox site in Illinois to within Glass Bead Period 2 (1600–1625/1630). All the white glass beads had been opacified with tin and lead, as determined by pXRF, resulting in a chemical composition indicative of a pre-1625 date. The New Lenox beads likely derived from indirect trade primarily with the French in northeast North America. Since it falls within a tightly dated t…
Plant remains and associated insects from the Millipede site (13ML361), a burned earthlodge in southwest Iowa
The Millipede site is a Nebraska variant (Central Plains tradition) lodge dating to ca. AD 1300. The structure had burned, preserving a rich array of plant remains and insects. Elm was the principal wood used in lodge construction and hophornbeam (ironwood) was also heavily employed. Maize (mostly 10-row) was plentiful, and common beans also were present. Over 3,600 goosefoot (Chenopodium cf. berlandieri) seeds were recovered, most of which deriv…
A multi-regional obsidian database for the Eastern Plains
Travis W. Jonesa* http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8237-1726, Robert J. Speakmana, William T. Billeckb & Robert J. Hoardc http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9577-5321a University of Georgiab Smithsonian Institutionc Kansas Historical Society
Glass bead inlaid pottery from the northern Plains
Glass beads are rarely reported as decorative elements in indigenous North American ceramics of the Post-Contact era. In this article, we present information on glass bead inlaid pottery from three
Fluted Point Distribution in the Loess Hills of Southwestern Iowa
Clovis and Folsom points from Mills and Fremont counties in the Loess Hills of southwestern Iowa are mainly found on hilltops, the only part of the Paleo indian landscape that is likely to be exposed on the modem surface. Approximately half of the fluted points broke in manufacture. Most of the points are made of locally available chert. Nonlocallithic material is also present, primarily in the form of finished points
Fluted Point Distribution in the Loess Hills of Southwestern Iowa
Clovis and Folsom points from Mills and Fremont counties in the Loess Hills of southwestern Iowa are mainly found on hilltops, the only part of the Paleo indian landscape that is likely to be exposed on the modem surface. Approximately half of the fluted points broke in manufacture. Most of the points are made of locally available chert. Nonlocallithic material is also present, primarily in the form of finished points
Federal Repatriation Legislation and the Role of Physical Anthropology in Repatriation
Two laws governing the disposition of Native American human remains in museums and institutions have had a profound impact on anthropology, and especially physical anthropology. In contrast to the perception of constant conflict between Native Americans and physical anthropologists, the repatriation process based on these laws has been in large part harmonious between institutions and Native peoples in the US. Despite misconceptions, the Native A…
Red-on-White Drawn or Cornelian Beads: A 19th-Century Temporal Marker for the Plains
The red-on-white drawn glass bead is an under-used 19th-century temporal marker for cultural objects and archaeological assemblages from Native American and fur trade sites in the Plains region of the United States. This bead variety is referred to as "cornelian" in Plains fur trade records, but is also known by several additional names in other places including cornaline d'Aleppo, cornaline, and corniola. By examining bead sample cards, historic…
Note from the President
Glass bead inlaid pottery from the northern Plains
Glass beads are rarely reported as decorative elements in indigenous North American ceramics of the Post-Contact era. In this article, we present information on glass bead inlaid pottery from three
Ethnographic and historical evidence for glass pendant function in the Plains
The Arikara (Sahnish) were unsurpassed in the manufacture of glass pendants, beads, and effigies made by crushing and re-fusing glass trade beads in the Historic period (Billeck 2013). While native
A Glass Bead Sequence for South America Based on Collections from Brazil and Guyana
Glass trade bead assemblages recovered during archaeological investigations at nine sites by Smithsonian archaeologists Betty Meggers and Clifford Evans in Brazil in 1948 and 1949 and Guyana in 1952 and 1953 date to multiple time periods, including the early 17th, mid-18th, mid-19th, and mid-20th centuries. The assemblages are used to show that the glass bead chronologies developed in North America are directly applicable to South America and tha…
A multi-regional obsidian database for the Eastern Plains
Travis W. Jonesa* http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8237-1726, Robert J. Speakmana, William T. Billeckb & Robert J. Hoardc http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9577-5321a University of Georgiab Smithsonian Institutionc Kansas Historical Society
Plant remains and associated insects from the Millipede site (13ML361), a burned earthlodge in southwest Iowa
The Millipede site is a Nebraska variant (Central Plains tradition) lodge dating to ca. AD 1300. The structure had burned, preserving a rich array of plant remains and insects. Elm was the principal wood used in lodge construction and hophornbeam (ironwood) was also heavily employed. Maize (mostly 10-row) was plentiful, and common beans also were present. Over 3,600 goosefoot (Chenopodium cf. berlandieri) seeds were recovered, most of which deriv…
A Diagnostic Early Seventeenth-Century Glass-Bead Assemblage from New Lenox, Illinois: Building a Midwestern Glass-Bead Chronological Sequence
An assemblage of 33 glass beads dates the protohistoric component at the New Lenox site in Illinois to within Glass Bead Period 2 (1600–1625/1630). All the white glass beads had been opacified with tin and lead, as determined by pXRF, resulting in a chemical composition indicative of a pre-1625 date. The New Lenox beads likely derived from indirect trade primarily with the French in northeast North America. Since it falls within a tightly dated t…
Flying Woman’s Beaded Cheyenne Cradleboard and Associated Bead Card from Fort Keogh, Montana
Glass bead sample cards were sent out in the 19th century by bead dealers and producers to illustrate their products and few are known that include small beads of drawn manufacture. One such card marked New York was acquired in 1882 by Captain Eli Lindesmith, a Catholic priest and Army chaplain at Fort Keogh, Montana. Lindesmith used the card to select seed beads for a cradleboard he commissioned that year from a Cheyenne woman named Flying Woman…
Plains Anthropological Society 2024 distinguished service award recipient L. Adrien Hannus
L. Adrien Hannus received the Plains Anthropological Society Distinguished Service Award at the 81st Plains Anthropological Conference held in Lethbridge, Alberta. Adrien has been a member of the P
Archaeology (9 works) · Geography (7 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 works) · History (6 works) · Bead (4 works) · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (4 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (3 works) · Biology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works)