Greetings Everyone!

To those with an interest in beads, I am pleased to announce that Volume 26
of *BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers* has just rolled off
the presses.

Most of the articles deal with historical archaeological material:

Historical Descriptions of Malay "Beadwork," by Hwei-Fen Cheah

Glass Beads from Jar Burials of the 15th-17th Centuries in the Cardamom
Mountains of Cambodia, by Alison Carter and Nancy Beavan

Shell and Glass Beads from the Tombs of Kindoki, Mbanza Nsundi, Lower
Congo, by Charlotte Verhaeghe, Bernard-Olivier Clist, Chantal Fontaine,
Karlis Karklins, Koen Bostoen, and Wim de Clercq

Archaeometrical Analysis of Glass Beads: Potential, Limitations, and
Results, by Adelphine Bonneau, Jean-François Moreau, Ron G.V. Hancock, and
Karlis Karklins

Glass Beads from Champlain's *Habitation* on Saint Croix Island, Maine,
1604-1613, by James W. Bradley

From the Past (1854): A Chapter on Necklaces, Old and New, by Mrs. White

If you would like to purchase this issue, the price is $20.00 postpaid
within North America and $30.00 for the rest of the world. Payment may be
made via PayPal. Pay in US dollars to [log in to unmask] and indicate
what you are paying for. Or, if you prefer, make out a money order or check
in US funds and drawn on a US bank payable to Society of Bead Researchers
or SBR and mail it to Society of Bead Researchers, PO Box 13719, Portland,
OR 97213 USA.

I also invite you to check out the contents of past issues, all of which
are available for purchase, at
http://www.beadresearch.org/Pages/Journal_Contents.html

Happy holidays!

Karlis

Karlis Karklins
Editor
Society of Bead Researchers

www.beadresearch.org/