Greetings!

 Research on beads is ever increasing around the world and it is difficult
to keep up with published material. To alleviate this problem, the Society
of Bead Researchers is pleased to announce that *Researching the World’s
Beads: An Annotated Bibliography* has just been added to the Society's web
site: http://www.beadresearch.org/Pages/World_Bead_Bibliography.html

Compiled by Karlis Karklins, it contains over 2,500 entries that are
divided into nine major political-geographical categories, two specialized
theme groups (Technical Aspects of Beadmaking, and Archaeometric Analysis),
and a general/miscellaneous group. The bibliography stresses archaeological
material but reports on modern beadmaking technology and the use of ancient
heirloom beads by indigenous peoples have also been included. The entries
are generally restricted to material published after 1985.

I hope you find this bibliography useful and would appreciate receiving
references to publications that do not appear herein as well as annotations
for the items that do not have them. It is inevitable that errors have
crept in during the input process and you are requested to bring these to
the compiler's attention ([log in to unmask]). The bibliography will be
updated periodically so please keep me informed of any new references.

Karlis Karklins

Editor

Society of Bead Researchers

http://www.beadresearch.org/