Glass beads : cultural history, technology, experiment and analogy / proceedings of the Nordic Glass Bead Seminar, 16-18th October, 1992 at the Historical-Archaeological Experimental Centre in Lejre, Denmark / edited by Marianne Rasmussen, Ulla Lund Hansen and Ulf Näsman.

Includes bibl. references. - Errata slip. - Contents: 1, Beads - a culture historical perspective. Broken glass beakers re-used as glass beads / L.G. Henricson; The question of beadmaking in the late Roman iron age, Denmark / Per O. Thomsen; Glass beads in Roman iron age Denmark / I.E. Olldag; Finds of glass beads from the 10th to 13th centuries in Latvia / E. Magurevick; Some Greek and Roman pendants and beads in the British Museum / V. Tatton-Brown; Glass beads from iron age graves in Finland / H. Ranta; The influx of oriental beads into Europe in the 8th century / J. Callmer; The traditional use of magic glass beads in the Islamic world / Torben Sode; Beads in the Arctic / Keld Hansen; 2, Beads - methods of analysis. The scientific analysis of glass beads / Julian Henderson; Merovingian glass beads / B. Sasse, C. Theune; Similar beads of type 60 from 9th-10th century Hungary / K. Szilagyi [et al]; Data from the analysis of ancient glass / V.A. Galibin; The glass beads from the Skovgarde cemetery / P. Ethelberg; 3, Beads - experiment and analogy. Anatolian glass beads / O. Kücükerman; Purdalpur: a glass beadmaking village in northern India / T. Sode; New data concerning early glass beadmaking in Ladoga (8th - 10th centuries) / E.A. Rjabinin, V.A. Galibin; Gold-foil beads / M. Joensson, P. Hunner; Experimental reproduction od spiral beads / R. Lierke [et al]; A response to R. Lierke's paper / Julian Henderson; Should we believe in experiments? / T.G. Aschenbrenner.

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