In tight Early Spanish colonial context (1698-1719) at a frontier presidio
in Pensacola, Florida, on and under the floor of a church which is crowded
with burials,  we have found several very rare glass disk beads that are
clasified as Man-on-the-Moon or WIIIc by Fogelman 1991 using the Kidd and
Kidd system.  They are blue, flat, and have the moon and stars in gold
applique on them.
 
I know this bead type is very rare, especially in the Southeast.  Has anyone
found them elsewhere, and if so, what was their context?
 
I have attached a .jpg file with a digital image of 3 of the beads.
 


 
 
 
Dr. Judith A. Bense, Professor and Director
Archaeology Institute
University of West Florida
11,000 University Parkway
Pensacola, FL 32514
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