Karlis Karklins
Biographic Data
| ID | 297258 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karlis Karklins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karlis |
| FAMILY NAME | Karklins |
| SIGNATURE | KARKLINS K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Parks Canada |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 71 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 84 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 71 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Glasperlen Christbaumschmuck/Glass Bead Christmas Tree Ornaments, by Waltraud Neuwirth (1995)
Little Chief's Gatherings, by James A. Hanson (1996)
Some Comments on Mulberry and Twisted Square Beads
Some Comments On Mulberry And Twisted Square Beads, By Karlis Karklins (1987, 11:12-14)
A Venetian Landmark Closes
A Venetian Landmark Closes by Karlis Karklins (1993, 22:20-21)
The Beads of Roman and Post-Medieval Antwerpen, Belgium
Excavations conducted at several sites in Antwerpen, a principal city and seaport on the Schelde River in northern Belgium, have uncovered a small but significant collection of glass beads. These range from a decorated specimen of the Roman period to tubular square- and star-sectioned beads of the 16th-17th centuries. The Post-Medieval specimens, found in the cesspits of merchants' homes, give us an idea of what Antwerpen was exporting during the…
An Unusual Modern Bead (?) from China
An Unusual Modern Bead (?) From China, By Karlis Karklins (1996, 28:19-20)
ISCC-NBS Centroid Color Chart Update
Iscc-Nbs Centroid Color Chart Update, by Karlis Karklins (1992, 20:6)
An Early 19th-century Account of Beadmaking in Murano and Venice
An Early 19th-Century Account Of Beadmaking In Murano And Venice, By Karlis Karklins And Derek Jordan (1990, 17:5-8)
The A Speo Method of Heat Rounding Drawn Glass Beads and its Archaeological Manifestations
From at least the early 17th century to the latter part of the 18th century, drawn glass beads over about 4 mm in diameter were generally rounded in European glasshouses using a method called a speo by the Italians who apparently invented it. The little-known process involved mounting a number of tube segments on the tines of a multi-pronged iron implement which was then inserted in a furnace and turned until the tubes were rounded to the desired…
Beads from the Wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman de Liefde (1711)
Beads From The Wreck Of The Dutch East Indiaman De Liefde (1711), By Karlis Karklins (1988, 12:11-17)
The Suitability of the ISCC-NBS Centroid Color Charts for Determining Bead Colors
The Suitability Of The Iscc-Nbs Centroid Color Charts For Determining Bead Colors, by Karlis Karklins (1989, 14:8-12)
More on the “Unusual Modern Bead (?) from China,”
More On The “Unusual Modern Bead (?) From China,” By Karlis Karklins (1996, 29:7)
Photographing Patinated Glass Beads
Photographing Patinated Glass Beads, By Karlis Karklins (1994, 25:13)
Eighteenth-Century North American Firearms Decorated with Inlaid Glass Beads
Over the millennia, glass beads have been used to ornament a wide array of objects. A rare application in the 18th century was their use to personalize and adorn firearms used on the North American continent. Only four examples have been encountered so far
In Memoriam
Pioneer bead researcher Kenneth Earl Kidd passed away peacefully in Peterborough, Ontario, on 26 February 1994, at the age of 87. This memorial reviews his distinguished career and provides an extensive list of his publications
Glass Bead Production Wasters Related to the First “De Twee Rozen” Glasshouse (1621-1657) in Amsterdam
This report presents an illustrated inventory of the numerous beads, rejects, and bead production tube remnants recovered from a documented glassworks in Amsterdam which operated primarily during the second quarter of the 17th century. It is intended as a supplement to an earlier published article. Also included is a discussion of the difficulty in identifying Dutch beads in archaeological collections since other contemporary European beadmaking …
Frit-Core Beads
This article reports a new style type of frit-core bead from a South American context and summarizes the nine types recorded to date. It also discusses modern African copies of one of the types
The Levin Catalogue of Mid-19th-Century Beads
The Levin Catalogue is composed of two similar collections of glass and stone beads assembled by Moses Lewin Levin, a London bead merchant whose business operated from 1830 to 1913. A total of 621 beads of 128 different varieties makes up the collections which can be dated to the period 1851-1869. Although the beads are recorded as having been used in the African trade, several have counterparts at North American sites, thereby making the catalog…
Bead Research Dos and Don’ts
Bead Research Dos and Don’ts, by Karlis Karklins (1998, 32:10-15)
The Beads from an 18th-Century Acadian Site, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Excavation of the Pointe aux Vieux site, an 18th-century Acadian house located on western Prince Edward Island, Canada, yielded a significant assortment of beads. Among the glass and bone specimens are ten black beads decorated with undulating yellow lines around the middle. Commonly called “rattlesnake” beads by collectors, this stylistic form has been found at many sites in North America as well as elsewhere in the world. Unlike the other beads…
Beads from Iron Age Hoards in Latvia
Furnace-Wound Glass Bead Production at Schwarzenberg am Böhmerwald, Upper Austria
Exploratory excavations carried out in Schwarzenberg am Böhmerwald, Upper Austria, uncovered the remains of an unrecorded glassworks. Part of a furnace was exposed, along with glass beads and buttons, as well as holloware and flat glass fragments from the 17th and early 18th centuries. This article describes the finds and their relationship to the nearby Sonnenschlag glassworks where similar beads and glassware fragments have been collected. Both…
European Chicken Egg Beads
European Chicken Egg Beads, By Karlis Karklins (1988, 12:24)
The Beads from Oudespost I, A Dutch East India Company Outpost, Cape, South Africa
The site of a provisioning station operated by the Dutch East India Company near the Cape of Good Hope during the late 17th and early 18th centuries produced a variety of European beads of several materials. A "typical" Dutch bead assemblage of the period, it is significant because it comes from one of very few independently dated bead-producing sites in southern Africa and, as such, will be instrumental in the formulation of a chronology for the…
Archaeological Evidence for Beadmaking in Riga, Latvia, During the 13th-14th Centuries
Archaeological Evidence for Beadmaking in Riga, Latvia, During The 13th-14th Centuries, by Karlis Karklins (1991, 18:11-13)
The Elusive Archaeology of Kongo Urbanism
African-European Contacts in the Kongo Kingdom (Sixteenth-Eighteenth Centuries)
Chemical analysis, chronology, and context of a European glass bead assemblage from Garumele, Niger
Shell and Glass Beads from the Tombs of Kindoki, Mbanza Nsundi, Lower Congo
The ancient Kingdom of Kongo originated in Central Africa in the 14th century. In the 15th century, the Portuguese organized tight contacts with the Bakongo. From then on European goods gained new significance in the local culture and even found their way into funerary rites. Among the most important grave goods in the Kingdom of Kongo were shell and glass beads. They occur in many tombs and symbolize wealth, status, or femininity. At the burial …
Glass bead production in Europe during the 17th century
J. C. Harrington Medal in Historical Archaeology
Beads from the mid 18th-century Manilla Wreck, Bermuda
International Journal of Nautical ArchaeologyVolume 20, Issue 1 p. 33-42 Beads from the mid 18th-century Manilla Wreck, Bermuda Karlis Karklins, Karlis Karklins Material Culture Research, Canadian Parks Service, 1600 Liverpool Court, Ottawa, Ontario K1A OH3. CanadaSearch for more papers by this author Karlis Karklins, Karlis Karklins Material Culture Research, Canadian Parks Service, 1600 Liverpool Court, Ottawa, Ontario K1A OH3. CanadaSearch for…
Seventeenth century Dutch beads
A 17th-Century Glass Bead Factory at Hammersmith Embankment, London, England
Excavations in 2001 and 2005 at Hammersmith Embankment in West London uncovered the remains of two glass furnaces with associated wasters relating to the manufacture of drawn glass beads during the second quarter of the 17th century. The site is significant as it represents the first archaeological evidence for the production of glass beads in post-medieval England. A preliminary study of the recovered material reveals the presence of 43 differen…
Chemical Analysis of 17th‐century Red Glass Trade Beads from Northeastern North America and Amsterdam
Seventeenth‐century opaque red (redwood) glass trade beads of different shapes and sizes were made of mixed alkali (mainly soda)–lime glasses and were coloured with Cu, presumably as cuprous oxide or as finely dispersed elemental Cu. During the early 17th century, beads of all shapes were opacified with Sn; cored beads, with uncoloured cores and hence lower Cu levels, also tended to have slightly lower Sn contents than uncored beads. By the mid‐1…
Identifying Beads Used in the 19th-Century Central East Africa Trade
A wide variety of glass beads poured into Central East Africa during the second half of the 19th century as explorers, missionaries and others made their way into the uncharted interior. Each kind had a name and value that, much to the chagrin of the travelers and present-day researchers, varied from one region to another. This article synthesizes what historical documentation reveals about some of the more significant beads in the trade with an …
Glass trade beads in North America
The Fire Cloud Site (39BF237), Buffalo County, South Dakota
A bottle-necked cache pit was excavated near Old Fort Thompson, Buffalo County, South Dakota in June of 1955 by a University of Kansas field party as part of a non-reservoir salvage project.The site is interesting due to the presence of three variants of Talking Crow Straight Rim pottery apparently unreported up to this time. These consist of a square orifice vessel, a vessel incorporating what most closely resembles Stanley Tool Impressed incise…
The Fire Cloud Site (39BF237), Buffalo County, South Dakota
A bottle-necked cache pit was excavated near Old Fort Thompson, Buffalo County, South Dakota in June of 1955 by a University of Kansas field party as part of a non-reservoir salvage project.The site is interesting due to the presence of three variants of Talking Crow Straight Rim pottery apparently unreported up to this time. These consist of a square orifice vessel, a vessel incorporating what most closely resembles Stanley Tool Impressed incise…
Glass trade beads in North America
Seventeenth century Dutch beads
Beads from the mid 18th-century Manilla Wreck, Bermuda
International Journal of Nautical ArchaeologyVolume 20, Issue 1 p. 33-42 Beads from the mid 18th-century Manilla Wreck, Bermuda Karlis Karklins, Karlis Karklins Material Culture Research, Canadian Parks Service, 1600 Liverpool Court, Ottawa, Ontario K1A OH3. CanadaSearch for more papers by this author Karlis Karklins, Karlis Karklins Material Culture Research, Canadian Parks Service, 1600 Liverpool Court, Ottawa, Ontario K1A OH3. CanadaSearch for…
Identifying Beads Used in the 19th-Century Central East Africa Trade
A wide variety of glass beads poured into Central East Africa during the second half of the 19th century as explorers, missionaries and others made their way into the uncharted interior. Each kind had a name and value that, much to the chagrin of the travelers and present-day researchers, varied from one region to another. This article synthesizes what historical documentation reveals about some of the more significant beads in the trade with an …
Collectible Beads
Perlen aus Gablonz
The Pantone Book of Color Pantone, Inc
Flights of Fancy
Man-in-the-Moon Beads
The unique and memorable design of man-in-the-moon beads has intrigued researchers over the years. These distinctive beads were identified in the 1960s by George Quimby as being chronologically diagnostic of Middle Historic Period sites (1670-1760) in the western Great Lakes region. The present study more clearly defines both the temporal and geographical instances of man-in-the-moon beads while taking into account possible cultural and historica…
J. C. Harrington Medal in Historical Archaeology
Montpelier, Jamaica
Chemical Analysis of 17th‐century Red Glass Trade Beads from Northeastern North America and Amsterdam
Seventeenth‐century opaque red (redwood) glass trade beads of different shapes and sizes were made of mixed alkali (mainly soda)–lime glasses and were coloured with Cu, presumably as cuprous oxide or as finely dispersed elemental Cu. During the early 17th century, beads of all shapes were opacified with Sn; cored beads, with uncoloured cores and hence lower Cu levels, also tended to have slightly lower Sn contents than uncored beads. By the mid‐1…
The Giacomuzzi Bead Sample Book and Folders
The sample book described herein displays the wound glass beads produced during the third quarter of the 19th century by an acclaimed Venetian firm, that of the Giacomuzzi brothers. The book vividly shows what sorts of beads were being marketed by a single firm at this time, and provides much useful information concerning bead sizing systems. Although not marked with the producers name, the folders that accompany the book are of like date and at …
Die Perle
Though short lived, the German trade journal, Die Perle, contains a wealth of information concerning the European bead and jewelry industry of the 1920s. Short articles provide insight into new machinery and apparatus for producing beads, natural and artificial materials for the production of beads and other ornaments, fashion trends, market reports, and numerous other topics. As well, there are several departments which deal with specific themes…
Eighteenth-Century Glass Beads from the English Slaving Fort at Bunce Island, Sierra Leone
While countless tons of European glass beads flowed into West Africa over the centuries, there is still relatively little information concerning what specific nations were importing over time. It was therefore of great interest to learn about two collections of beads surface collected at the site of a British slaving fort that operated on Bunce Island in the Sierra Leone estuary of coastal Sierra Leone from the late 17th to the early 19th century…
Beads from the Great White Arabia - A Mid-19th-Century American Steamboat
Loaded with 200 tons of goods heading for Omaha, Nebraska, and Sioux City and Council Bluffs, Iowa, the steamboat Great White Arabia hit a snag and sank near Kansas City in 1856. In 1989, a group of salvors excavated the wreck and recovered almost the entire cargo which was in a remarkable state of preservation. Among the finds were several million glass embroidery beads, as well as several hundred blown specimens in various shapes, sizes, and co…
Middle Eastern and Venetian Glass Beads
of the trimming could at times be done to the purchaser's order.Ms. Mukerji suggests that such a visit to a shop and the choice of ornament could be a rite of passage for a young girl in the early 20th century.Following are clearly and beautifully illustrated chapters on the varied basket forms and their care, preservation, and repair.Some owners chose to modify and decorate their baskets by painting, lining, or applying their own trinkets, and m…
In Memoriam
An archaeologist, educator, and a pioneer in North American trade bead research, Dr. Roderick Sprague passed away in Moscow, Idaho, on 20 August 2012. A staunch supporter of the Society of Bead Researchers, he served as its president from 2004 to 2007, and chaired the Editorial Advisory Committee for a good number of years as well. He also contributed a number of useful articles, news items, and reviews to both the Society's publications. His mor…
A Wampum-Inlaid Musket from the 1690 Phips' Shipwreck
In August of 1690, a fleet of ships under the command of Sir William Phips set sail from Boston to attack Quebec City during the second year of King William's War. The campaign failed and, as the fleet retreated, a number of vessels were wrecked in the St. Lawrence during a violent storm. The remains of one of these was discovered by a diver in a cove at l'Anse aux Bouleaux, Quebec, in 1994. Believed to be the Elizabeth and Mary, the wreck yielde…
Guide to the Description and Classification of Glass Beads Found in the Americas
This guide provides information relevant to the description and classification of glass beads recovered from archaeological sites in North and South America and the Caribbean. It is partly based on and intended to be used with "A Classification System for Glass Beads for the Use of Field Archaeologists," by Kenneth and Martha Kidd. Material presented includes a critical evaluation of several bead classification schemes, an overview of bead manufa…
Journal
Chapter 15: Well-Known Ancient Beads of Other Civilizations Bead scholars who do not read Mandarin will be able to evaluate the accuracy of the information provided in these chapters only after they have been translated into English or other languages and checked against Chinese and other bead scholarship.For the moment, on
Chemical analysis, chronology, and context of a European glass bead assemblage from Garumele, Niger
Beads from the Hudson's Bay Company's Principal Depot, York Factory, Manitoba, Canada
There is no other North American fur trade establishment whose longevity and historical significance can rival that of York Factory. Located in northern Manitoba, Canada, at the base of Hudson Bay, it was the Hudson's Bay Company's principal Bay-side trading post and depot for over 250 years. The existing site of York Factory is the last of a series of three posts, the first of which was erected in 1684. Completed in 1792, York Factory III functi…
Archaeometrical Analysis of Glass Beads
Over the past few decades, several new analytical techniques have been used to determine the composition and the likely production centers of glass beads found at archaeological sites around the world. Made since antiquity, glass beads are important artifacts which can provide much more information than their small size suggests. This article reviews the most common analytical techniques used to study glass beads - optical microscopy, scanning el…
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