"Learning the basic principles of archaeology through an 'excavation' and analysis of New Orleans Mardi Gras parades and the beads thrown there? A student's dream! Award-winning historical archaeologist Laurie A. Wilkie takes her two loves and merges them into a brief, lively in…
"This study is the first detailed description of the ancient and enduring trade in beads that spans more than two millennia and once stretched from the Middle East to East Asia and affected areas as far apart as West Africa and the American Pacific coast. Beads are universal and…
This volume examines the almost 70,000 individual beads recovered during extensive archaeological excavations on St. Catherines Island (Georgia)--primarily from Mission Santa Catalina de Guale. Founded in the 16th century, this site was the capital and administrative center of t…
