It’s still a beautiful bead. Congratulations
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Can you glue it back together? Sorry, couldn't resist....that is an especially cool find...a dumb question but how can you tell it's from the viking period...is it location, design?
I thought you had both halves...so my joke fell flat...but hopefully the other half will show itself...
Or just took them...
Liked the article and as said.[Products imported to Scandinavia during the Viking age
The people in Scandinavia traded with people from all over Europe. The merchants either sailed north to one of the Scandinavian trading towns, or they sailed south to visit one of theirs.
The nordic people were interested in foreign products such as grain, herbs, ceramic, lignite (Also called: brown coal), slaves, fruit, nuts, glass, and glass beads.]
I'm inclined to wonder if the o.p.'s recovered bead is related to a trade site near the recovery site as a discard. Or if it traveled first / was worn /used from a site elsewhere.
Africa and Murano were sources for trade beads. I don't know what network the Vikings had. Russia , Germany , other sources existed for beads too.
Only some African do I have trouble telling apart from Venetian beads at a glance. And I have not looked into how long trade beads have been coming out of Africa/ Viking era or not.
Trade in the Viking Age | Trade routes | Scandinavia - Skjalden.com
Do you know which trade towns that were the most important ones to the Vikings and why? This list has all of them, including import/export.
