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Paper 2
Dating the Chickasaw Beads
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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
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Paper 2 References
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The eighteenth century glass beads were produced by guilds in Amsterdam and Murano. It is probable that the bead types/varieties were repeated at intervals, perhaps after several generations. For instance, WIA VL/XL and WIIIC were recovered in an archaeological context (Courtney-Rausch 54) at the Bynum Mound site, outside the eighteenth century Chickasaw villages, perhaps dating 1820 or 1830 - 100 years after these beads were traded within the villages.
Whether the major bead dates are accurate and agree with the village descriptions developed in Paper 1 (Cook 2005) will be borne out in Paper 3.
The author expresses his kindest regards to the collectors who preserved the information used herein.
The author sincerely appreciates the review and insights provided by Marvin T. Smith. This paper would not have occured without the encouragement of Richard Green, the Historian of the Chickasaw Nation, and Brad Lieb.
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