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Paper 2
Dating the Chickasaw Beads
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Database Fields: Artifacts
Database Fields: Glass Beads
Glass Bead Descriptions
Glass Bead Database
Glass Bead Sequence
A Beginning
Major Bead Types/Varieties
Glass Bead Chronology - Start/Finish
Glass Bead Sequence
Major Bead Fields
Glass Bead Sequence
Minor Bead Fields
Glass Bead Sequence
Major & Minor Glass Bead Fields
Glass Bead Chronology
An End, A Beginning
Glass Bead Chronology
Dating
Other Artifacts - Dating
Beads as Heirlooms
Bead Dating Conclusions
Other Factors
Appreciation
Paper 2 Figures
Paper 2 Tables
Paper 2 References
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As noted earlier, other artifacts were noted found and data based with the medium and larger glass beads. Three categories of Chickasaw made shell ornaments included-beads, discs and pins. Manufactured shell wampum was also found in a number of features. Silver will not be dated as all of the silver was dated or datable by hallmark.
Table 8 Other Artifact Dating
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Highest % Major Bead |
Start of |
Start of |
| Artifact |
Association |
Sustained Trade |
Trade |
| Shell Bead |
82% IIA1/IVA1 |
1679 |
1676 |
| Shell Disc |
58% IIA1/IVA1 |
1672 |
1667 |
| Shell Pin |
67% IVA2 |
1680 |
1673 |
| Shell Wampum |
70% IA/IIIA Opaque |
1766 |
1765 |
| Brass Gorget |
100% IIA/IV Other |
1690 |
1685 |
The dates for the Shell Beads and Discs were calculated by ratios with IIA1/IVA1. The Shell Pin dates are circumspect as only three features are represented. A number of the shell pin features were not included as the beads from the features were sized very small and small. The brass gorgets were 100% associated with IIA/IVA Other (and 75% with IIA1/IVA1), and the dates presented are for those major beads on Table 7. The shell wampum date is questionable as a number of very small and small beaded features were excluded. The South Carolina Indian Affairs documents references an earlier dating for wampum perhaps the mid 1750s. Reasons for this are presented below in Bead Dating - Conclusions.
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