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Table of Contents (V. 21, 2009) BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers Volume 21 Volume 21 (2009) Article 3 1-1-2009 Table of Contents (v. 21, 2009) Follow this and additional works at: https://surface.syr.edu/beads Part of the Archaeological Anthropology Commons, History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology Commons, Science and Technology Studies Commons, and the Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons Repository Citation (2009). "Table of Contents (v. 21, 2009)." BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers 21. Available at: https://surface.syr.edu/beads/vol21/iss1/3 This Front Matter is brought to you for free and open access by SURFACE. It has been accepted for inclusion in BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers by an authorized editor of SURFACE. For more information, please contact [email protected]. BEADS Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers 2009 Vol. 21 KARLIS KARKLINS, editor CONTENTS Twenty Years of The Bead Forum: Newsletter of the Society of Bead Researchers (1982-2002) Compiled by KARLIS KARKLINS .............................................................................................................. 5 1. Pumtek–An Introductory Report Upon an Unusual Class of Decorated Stone Beads, by Jamey D. Allen .................................................................................................................................. 5 2. The Nordic Glass Bead Seminar: A Review, by Jamey D. Allen ......................................................... 8 3. Venetian Glass Bead Production in the First Half of the 19th Century: Research at the Venetian National Archives, by Alessia Bonannini .............................................................................................. 11 4. Comments on “Rare” Melon-shaped Chevrons, by Jürgen Busch ........................................................ 16 5. A Note on the Neutron Activation Analysis of 16th- and 17th-century Blue Glass Trade Beads from the Eastern Great Lakes, by Anne Chafe, Ron Hancock, and Ian Kenyon ................................... 18 6. Glassware of the 10th-13th Centuries on Site 1, Gdansk, by Aldona Chmielowska ............................. 20 7. Czech Beads, by Vladislav Chvalina ..................................................................................................... 21 8. London Correspondence, by Gloria Dale .............................................................................................. 23 9. Russian Trade Beads Made in Irkutsk, Siberia, by Glenn Farris ........................................................... 24 10. Pre-Columbian Tairona Tinklers, by Ellen M. Fitzsimmons ................................................................. 25 11. An Enigmatic Artifact, by Peter Francis, Jr. .......................................................................................... 27 12. Molluscan Shell as Beads, by Peter Francis, Jr. ................................................................................... 27 13. Early Post-contact Native-made Glass Beads in America?, by Peter Francis, Jr. .................................. 28 14. Beadmakers’ Strike in India, by Peter Francis, Jr. ................................................................................. 29 15. Center for Bead Research Established, by Peter Francis, Jr. ................................................................. 30 16. A Bit More on the Cornerless Cube, by Peter Francis, Jr. ..................................................................... 30 2 17. Mulberries and Twisted Squares: Some Questions, by Peter Francis, Jr. ............................................. 31 18. The Allen Book of Beads, by Peter Francis, Jr. ..................................................................................... 33 19. Rocaille Beads, by Peter Francis, Jr. ...................................................................................................... 33 20. What’s a Rango?, by Peter Francis, Jr. .................................................................................................. 35 21. Romancing the Hidden Bead, Peter Francis, Jr. ................................................................................... 37 22. Bloodstone, Agate, and Carnelian, by Peter Francis, Jr. ........................................................................ 39 23. More on Fustat Fused Rod Beads, by Peter Francis, Jr. ........................................................................ 40 24. Notes on Some Forum Articles, by Peter Francis, Jr. ............................................................................ 41 25. Some Notes on Articles in Beads, by Peter Francis, Jr. ......................................................................... 42 26. Some Notes on the Words for Bead, by Peter Francis, Jr. ..................................................................... 43 27. Some Remarks on Bodom Beads, by Peter Francis, Jr. ........................................................................ 44 28. Bead-decorated Glass Armlets of Bontuku, West Africa, by Richard A. Freeman ............................... 46 29. Beads and the Emergence of the Islamic Slave Trade in the Southern Chad Basin (Nigeria), by Detlef Gronenborn ............................................................................................................................ 47 30. Notes on the European Bead Industry–1897, by Albert Hartshorne ..................................................... 51 31. A Note on Chevron and Other Beads from Trinidad, by Charles A. Hoffman and Thomas F. Lynch .. 51 32. Summary of Huron Bead Sequence, A.D. 1590-1650, by James R. Hunter ....................................... 52 33. Looting Archaeological Sites, by M.E. Hutchinson .............................................................................. 53 34. The Illicit Bead Trade in Gao, The Republic of Mali, by Timothy Insoll ............................................ 53 35. Sacred Palm-leaf Beads, by Alok Kumar Kanungo ............................................................................... 55 36. Beads from Iron Age Hoards in Latvia, by Karlis Karklins .................................................................. 60 37. The Birmingham Bead Industry, by Karlis Karklins ............................................................................. 61 38. Some Comments on Mulberry and Twisted Square Beads, by Karlis Karklins .................................... 62 39. Beads from the Wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman de Liefde (1711), by Karlis Karklins ................... 62 40. European Chicken Egg Beads, by Karlis Karklins ................................................................................ 65 41. The Suitability of the ISCC-NBS Centroid Color Charts for Determining Bead Colors, by Karlis Karklins ................................................................................................................................. 65 42. Archaeological Evidence for Beadmaking in Riga, Latvia, During the 13th-14th Centuries, by Karlis Karklins .................................................................................................................................. 68 43. ISCC-NBS Centroid Color Chart Update, by Karlis Karklins .............................................................. 69 44. A Venetian Landmark Closes, by Karlis Karklins ................................................................................. 69 45. Photographing Patinated Glass Beads, by Karlis Karklins .................................................................... 69 46. An Unusual Modern Bead (?) from China, by Karlis Karklins ............................................................. 70 47. More on the “Unusual Modern Bead (?) from China,” by Karlis Karklins ........................................... 70 3 48. Bead Research Dos and Don’ts, by Karlis Karklins .............................................................................. 70 49. An Early 19th-century Account of Beadmaking in Murano and Venice, by Karlis Karklins and Derek Jordan ..................................................................................................... 73 50. Glass Beadmaking in the Fichtelgebirge Region of Bavaria in the Mid-nineteenth Century, by Ian Kenyon, Susan Kenyon, Susan Aufreiter, and Ron Hancock ..................................................... 74 51. Neutron Activation Analysis of Some 19th-century Faceted Glass Trade Beads from Ontario, Canada, that have Chemical Compositions Resembling Bohemian Glass, by Ian Kenyon, Susan Kenyon, Ron Hancock, and Susan Aufreiter ..................................................... 78 52. European Trade Beads in Southern Africa, by David Killick ................................................................ 80 53. An Unusual Gilt-decorated Faceted Glass Bead, by Paul Lawson ........................................................ 83 54. Conservation of the Daugmale Castle-mound Beads, Latvia, by Jana Lībiete ...................................... 83 55. Hydrofluoric Acid in Beadwork Restoration: A Definite No-no, by Judith A. Logan and Tom Stone .. 86 56. The Deterioration of Glass Beads on Ethnographic Objects, by Sandra Lougheed and Jane Shaw ..... 86 57. A Historic Note on Bead Use Among the Seminole Indians, by Clay MacCauley ............................... 87 58. Scottish Iron Age Glass Beads, by Euan W. MacKie ............................................................................ 88 59. The Misnaming of “Dutch” Beads, by Herman van der Made .............................................................
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