Gold-in-Glass Beads from the Ancient World

Boon, George C.

doi:10.2307/525893

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“…Production of metal‐in‐glass beads is usually associated with Hellenistic and Roman Mediterranean workshops (e.g., Spaer ). This has been confirmed by chemical composition studies that revealed the use of natron glass in their production, as also evidenced for the Lower Nubia finds (e.g., Boon and Dekówna , 203, tab. 1).…”

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Glass beads and pendants from Meroitic and Nobadian Lower Nubia, Sudan: Chemical compositional analysis using laser ablation‐inductively coupled plasma‐mass spectrometry

Then-Obłuska

Wagner

2019

Archaeometry

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This paper presents a detailed elemental analysis of 64 glass beads and pendants dated to the Meroitic period (first-third centuries AD) and the Nobadian period (fourth-sixth centuries) from burial sites in the Lower Nubian Nile Valley region. Laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) was used to determine the chemical composition of the glass and to gain knowledge about its origin. Four main glass types were identified: low-alumina soda-lime glass, high-alumina glass, plant-ash soda-lime glass, and mixedalkali glass. Mineral soda-lime glass (m-Na-Ca) of East Mediterranean/Egyptian provenance is dominant within the low-alumina glass group from Meroitic and Nobadian periods. Mineral soda high-alumina glass (m-Na-Al) appeared in the Nobadian bead assemblages, and the m-Na-Al 1 subtype was produced in Sri Lanka/South India. An initial insight into the origin of the glass beads in Nubia from the first to sixth centuries is described, indicating the first evidence for the presence of Asian objects in Nubia. The data obtained for the bead trade in North-east Africa in this study has allowed a new light to be shed on the westward flow of Asian glass during a time of intensive maritime trade contacts with the wider Indian Ocean world.

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Glass beads and pendants from Meroitic and Nobadian Lower Nubia, Sudan: Chemical compositional analysis using laser ablation‐inductively coupled plasma‐mass spectrometry

Then-Obłuska

Wagner

2019

Archaeometry

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“…Based on site context, radiocarbon dates and research, 5 the beads were initially suggested to be Greco-Roman (100 BC-400 AD). However, Chami's subsequent research revealed that gold-glass beads were made for over 1500 years and were produced well into the medieval period (Boon 1977;Spaer 1993). Finally, based on the position of the Mkukutu beads in the site, Chami concluded that they were 3rd century Roman.…”

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Interconnections: glass beads and trade in southern and eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean - 7th to 16th centuries AD

Wood¹

2012

Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa

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Glass beads comprise the most frequently found evidence of trade between southern Africa and the greater Indian Oceanbetween the 7 th and 16 th centuries AD. In this thesis beads recovered from southern African archaeological sites are organized into series, based on morphology and chemical composition determined by LA-ICP-MS analysis. The results are used to interpret the trade patterns and partners that linked eastern Africa to the rest of the Indian Ocean world, as well as interconnections between southern Africa andEast Africa. Comprehensive reports on bead assemblages from several archaeological sites are presented, including: Mapungubwe, K2 and Schroda in the Shashe-Limpopo Basin; Chibuene in southern Mozambique; Hlamba Mlonga in eastern Zimbabwe; Sibudu Cave in KwaZulu-Natal, Kaole Ruins in Tanzania and Mahilaka in northwest Madagascar. The conclusions reached show that trade relationships and socio-political development in the south were different from those on the East Coast and that changes in bead series in the south demonstrate it was fully integrated into the cycles of the Eurasian and African world-system.

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“…Finger-rings are frequent grave finds in Britain and may represent items simply left on the body at burial. 61 In contrast, earrings are rare finds in graves, although they may be misidentified in 48 Cool 2004, 389. 49 Boon 1977;Guido 1979;Cool 2004;2010;Eckardt 2014, 45-50, fig. 2 Cool 1983, 23-8.…”

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Rural Life, Roman Ways? Examination of Late Iron Age to Late Romano-British Burial Practice and Mobility at Dog Hole Cave, Cumbria

O’Regan¹,

Bland²,

Evans³

et al. 2020

Britannia

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The scarcity of Romano-British human remains from north-west England has hindered understanding of burial practice in this region. Here, we report on the excavation of human and non-human animal remains1 and material culture from Dog Hole Cave, Haverbrack. Foetal and neonatal infants had been interred alongside a horse burial and puppies, lambs, calves and piglets in the very latest Iron Age to early Romano-British period, while the mid- to late Roman period is characterised by burials of older individuals with copper-alloy jewellery and beads. This material culture is more characteristic of urban sites, while isotope analysis indicates that the later individuals were largely from the local area. We discuss these results in terms of burial ritual in Cumbria and rural acculturation. Supplementary material is available online (https://doi.org/10.1017/S0068113X20000136), and contains further information about the site and excavations, small finds, zooarchaeology, human osteology, site taphonomy, the palaeoenvironment, isotope methods and analysis, and finds listed in Benson and Bland 1963.

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Gold-in-Glass Beads from the Ancient World

Cited by 24 publications

References 2 publications

Glass beads and pendants from Meroitic and Nobadian Lower Nubia, Sudan: Chemical compositional analysis using laser ablation‐inductively coupled plasma‐mass spectrometry

Glass beads and pendants from Meroitic and Nobadian Lower Nubia, Sudan: Chemical compositional analysis using laser ablation‐inductively coupled plasma‐mass spectrometry

Interconnections: glass beads and trade in southern and eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean - 7th to 16th centuries AD

Rural Life, Roman Ways? Examination of Late Iron Age to Late Romano-British Burial Practice and Mobility at Dog Hole Cave, Cumbria

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