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Not Just for Show - The Archaeology of Beads, Beadwork and Personal Ornaments (Hardcover)
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Not Just for Show - The Archaeology of Beads, Beadwork and Personal Ornaments (Hardcover)
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Beads, beadwork, and personal ornaments are made of diverse
materials such as shell, bone, stones, minerals, and composite
materials. Their exploration from geographical and chronological
settings around the world offers a glimpse at some of the cutting
edge research within the fast growing field of personal ornaments
in humanities' past. Recent studies are based on a variety of
analytical procedures that highlight humankind's technological
advances, exchange networks, mortuary practices, and symbol-laden
beliefs. Papers discuss the social narratives behind bead and
beadwork manufacture, use and disposal; the way beads work
visually, audibly and even tactilely to cue wearers and audience to
their social message(s). Understanding the entangled social and
technical aspects of beads require a broad spectrum of technical
and methodological approaches including the identification of the
sources for the raw material of beads. These scientific approaches
are also combined in some instances with experimentation to clarify
the manner in which beads were produced and used in past societies.
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