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Paper 2
Dating the Chickasaw Beads
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Glass Bead Sequence
A Beginning
Major Bead Types/Varieties
Glass Bead Chronology - Start/Finish
Glass Bead Sequence
Major Bead Fields
Glass Bead Sequence
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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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The question of beads as heirlooms may be demonstrated tabularly. For this exercise, for a major bead to be considered as an Heirloom, it must have been found in a single bead context. Table 6 provides a row for candidate heirloom major beads. Note that the heirloom candidates are major bead types/varieties IVA2, IIA7/IVA7, IIA1/IVA1, IIA/IVA Other and IIB/IVB. To qualify as an heirloom, these single bead occurrences must have a feature association dating at least a generation later than its sequenced occurrences.
Table 6 Single Bead/Heirloom Candidates
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Heirloom Candidate |
Heirloom Candidate |
Heirloom Candidate |
Heirloom Candidate |
Heirloom Candidate |
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IVA2 |
IIA7/IVA7 |
IIA1/IVA1 |
IIA/IVA Other |
IIB/IVB |
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4 Singles |
9 Singles |
7 Singles |
4 Singles |
5 Singles |
| Major Bead |
Date w/o Exclusives |
Features |
Features |
Features |
Features |
Features |
| IIA1/IVA1 |
1685 |
1/14 |
1/34 |
7/69 |
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| IIA/IVA Other |
1685 |
1/14 |
0/27 |
3/47 |
4/52 |
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| IIB/IVB |
1693 |
0/8 |
1/24 |
4/42 |
2/37 |
5/46 |
| WIIA |
1710 |
0/1 |
2/6 |
3/14 |
2/13 |
2/13 |
| WIC |
1727 |
0/0 |
0/1 |
0/5 |
1/3 |
1/4 |
| WIA VL/XL |
1732 |
0/1 |
1/2 |
1/6 |
1/3 |
1/4 |
| WID |
1754 |
0/0 |
0/0 |
0/3 |
0/0 |
0/0 |
| IA/IIIA Opaque |
1760 |
0/1 |
0/0 |
1/3 |
0/0 |
0/0 |
| WIA M |
1772 |
0/1 |
0/0 |
0/2 |
0/0 |
0/0 |
The left two columns of Table 6 provide the Major Beads beginning with IIA1/IVA1 and its trade start date ’w/o Exclusives’. The beads on the interior beginning with column 3 indicate the heirloom candidates. Moving to column 5, "IIA1/IVA1" there are 7 single features. Below that on the body of the table are x/y numbers. These indicate for the bead to the left (Column 1) that ’x’ single features occurred / in ’y’ available features. Continuing the example, see IIA1/IVA1 in Column 1 and read right across to IIA1/IVA1 (Column 7) intersection where 7 features of 69 are noted with single bead features. Moving down into the body of the table, note 3/47 then 4/42 and so on. Looking again at Column 5 within the body from top down, note that IIA1/IVA1 is in trade with a decreasing number of features over time, the ’y’ number in our x/y values. Continuing down the column, note that the single bead occurrences or ’x’ end with WID ”0/3” but are 1/3 with IA/IIIA Opaque which is later in time. Expanding the definition of heirloom to double and triple bead occurrences will increase the prospects for heirlooms.
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