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"I have a graduate student doing a thesis on the rolled copper beads
recovered from two sites spanning a period from ca. AD 1400 - 1830. I
have never come across a classification system for such beads (based
on either form or manufacturing techniques). Is anyone out there aware
of such a system for classifying rolled copper beads."
No, there is no classification system for rolled copper beads that I
know of. If there were one it would not be very complicated because
about the only attributes you have to worry about are manufacturing
technique and form. For help in this respect, consult:
Beck, Horace
1928 Classification and Nomenclature of Beads and Pendants.
Reprinted by George Shumway - $15 + postage. If this can't help you,
you can't be helped.
For the latest item on aboriginal copper beads in N. America and how
they were analyzed, see "A Possible Beadmaker's Kit from North
America's Lake Superior Copper District" in BEADS vol. 6 (1994) -
$14.50 ppd. This deals with 5th-C material.
Both of these should be available thru ILL or they can be ordered from
me for the prices shown.
Karlis Karklins
Parks Canada
1600 Liverpool Court
Ottawa, ON K1A 0M5
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