Greetings all!

I am happy to announce that Volume 28 of *BEADS: Journal of the Society of
Bead Researchers* (2016) will shortly be rolling off the presses. It
contains articles on beads and beadwork from around the world, as well as
several book reviews. Two of the articles relate to post-contact North
America.

If you are not a member and want to receive this issue, you need to join
for 2016. To do so, go to the Membership page on the SBR website <
https://beadresearch.org/membership/> and choose the appropriate membership
level. You will then also receive the two digital newsletters that were
issued this year.

Here is the Table of Contents:

Imitation Amber Beads of Phenolic Resin from the African Trade, by Rosanna
Falabella

The Fichtelgebirge Bead and Button Industry of Bavaria, by Karlis Karklins,
Sibylle Jargstorf, Gerhard Zeh, and Laure Dussubieuxz

Beads and Pendants from the Tumuli Cemeteries at Wadi Qitna and
Kalabsha-South, Nubia, by Joanna Then-Obluska

Beads at *The Place of White Earth* – Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic
Aktopraklik, Northwestern Turkey, by Emma L. Baysal

Frit-Core Beads in North America, by Karlis Karklins

Bead Netting and Plaiting Techniques in the Peranakan World, by Valerie
Hector


BOOK REVIEWS

Brad Loewen and Claude Chapdelaine (eds.): *Contact in the 16th
Century*, reviewed
by Marvin T. Smith

Ragnar Levi: *Flower Forever: Bead Craft from France and Venice*, reviewed
by Alice Scherer

Floor Kaspers: *Beads from Germany: Idar-Oberstein, Lauscha, Neugablonz*,
reviewed by Valerie Hector

With best wishes,

Karlis

Karlis Karklins
Editor
Society of Bead Researchers