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The history of beads : from 100,000 B.C. to the present / Lois Sherr Dubin ; original photography by Kiyoshi Togashi.

by Dubin, Lois Sherr.

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391.7 D814h 2009

Beads -- History.

Beadwork -- History.

9780810951747 (hc.)

0810951746 (hc.)

Rev. and expanded ed.

396 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 31 cm.

"New 8-page foldout timeline of bead history featuring more than 2200 beads in full color"--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (p.384-388) and index.

Introduction: why a book on beads -- The beginnings -- Antiquity: from Neolithic times to the Roman Empire -- Europe: the late Roman Empire to the Renaissance -- Prayer beads -- The world of Islam -- The Age of European expansion -- Africa -- The Far East: China, Korea, and Japan -- India -- Central Asia -- Southeast Asia and the South Pacific -- Middle and South America -- North America -- The special beads: amber and pearls -- The magical eye bead -- Contemporary: Europe and North America -- Bead shape table -- The timeline of bead history.

In this new edition, bead expert Lois Sherr Dubin updates all chapters with the latest archeological discoveries, opens a new chapter on contemporary adornment since the 1980s, with a focus on glass beads, and best of all, adds 200 beads to what is considered by many to be the piece de resistance: the eight-page gatefold timeline that guides readers through the remarkably rich history of the world's first form of adornment. The latest revisions include the oldest bead ever discovered, dating to 108,000 b.c. and why beads worn on the human body were the original media communication system. Updates include the numerous maps scattered throughout, which have been modernized and are now in color; 72 formerly black-and-white images have been replaced with full color; and 125 new photographs were added to this edition. Beautifully packaged with a new cover, this revised and expanded edition is a must-have for bead obsessives and aficionados.

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