|
To download PDF file of the article click on title.
|
—
 The Biggest and Smallest Contemporary Glass Beads
India is a country of villages, with an estimated half million. Though her cities are expanding rapidly, most of her people still live in rural areas. Once the richest country in the world, India's wealth was based on village industries.
—
 The Bead Trade In The Indian Ocean
Beads make ideal trade items because they are highly portable and treasured where they are imported. To our advantage, many are made of durable materials and last into the archaeological record. They are, for example, the oldest known form of art.
—
 Roman Maps and the Concept of Indian Gems
The two maps discussed here are Ptolemy's mid-second century map of India (Stevenson 1991) and the apparent third century Tabula Peutingeriana or Peutinger Table. We will begin with a textual document, rather than a map.
—
 Bangles and Marriage
Bangles (from the Sanskrit) are rings worn on the wrist. They have been made of many materials and their popularity in India goes back thousands of years. Married women usually wear red glass ones, but they must be careful buying them. When a bangle breaks, it brings bad luck...
—
 Indo-Pacific Beads
Some 2400 years ago clever South Indians figured out how to stretch out 40 to 50 kilos (88 to 110 pounds) of glass into a thin tube and cut it into small pieces. These little beads are similar to what we would call "seed beads" today.
—
 Excavations at Arikamedu
Arikamedu, on the southeast coast of India just south of Pondicherry, is the most famous archaeological site in southern India. Discovered in the 1930s and quickly linked with Roman trade, it was excavated three times in the 1940s.
—
 The Oldest Stone Bead Industry
Surprisingly, there were almost no stone beads during the Stone Ages. People couldn't work hard stones and had to use softer materials. It wasn't until about 5000 B.C. that hard stones such as agates were first made into beads. That breakthrough took place in what is now Pakistan.
—
Wearing Nothing But Beads: The Bondo of Orissa, India
by Bucklee Bell
The Bondos are living much the same as they have for many centuries. They are farmers and barter their farm products. You need a government permit to visit their villages.
—
 Beadwork from Afghanistan
Beads have been found in Afghanistan since very ancient times. Many different cultural groups live in the country. They are, or mostly were, nomadic and decoration as tribal identification is very important.
—
 Hebron as a Beadmaking Center
Hebron (El-Khalil) is one of the oldest cities in the world. Located in the West Bank, it is the burial place of patriarchs of the Jewish, Christian and Muslim faiths. As an important site of pilgrimage, dozens of records of Europeans visiting the city exist, but glassmaking is not recorded
—
 East Javanese Beads as Palau Heirlooms
By Peter Francis, Jr.
Excellent examples of ancient beads from the pacific region of East Javanese and the Island of Palau. .Indo-Pacific beads were made for more than 2000 years, some 1200 years in Southeast Asia.
|
