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Posted by learntobead on April 18, 2009
The SouthEast Asian Bead Circle
http://www.thebeadsite.com/SEAC-DEX.html
This website details some of the important beads and beadwork found in Southeast Asia. Some of the images are a bit grainy, but it’s very informative.
Beads from Vietnam
A Thai Pinakol
Making The Thai Pinakol
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Posted by learntobead on April 18, 2009
FROM CNN: Glass Beads Found Off Coast Of Georgia Shed Light On Spanish Empire
Roughly 70,000 beads said to provide clues to the social structure and wealth of people from the 17th century Spanish empire have been excavated by a team of scientists, an archaeologist said Tuesday.
Since 1974, scientists at the American Museum of Natural History have been digging beneath the Santa Catalina de Guale Mission, a remote outpost of the Spanish empire on St. Catherines Island off the coast of Georgia and “the largest repository ever from Spanish Florida,” museum spokeswoman Kristin Phillips said.
Read the full story:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/14/spanish.beads/index.html#cnnSTCText
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