Curious about beads.

[PaleoPrincess]

I really would like to find a bead. I’m wondering if anyone knows anything about Indian beads in Maryland/Delaware area. What they look like and if there has been some found. Any info appreciated!

 

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[PaleoPrincess]

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Where did you find the drilled sharks teeth!?

 

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[OntarioArch]

I believe all of these except one are (bird?) bone beads. So tiny, so delicate, and under 10x the use wear on their edges is obvious. I have shown these here previously and an experienced voice said the piece on top row, third from right is likely made of shell: it looks different, doesn't it?

 

[monsterrack]

Where did you find the drilled sharks teeth!?

I bought those in a collection from Florida.

 

[redbeardrelics]

I surface hunt in the MD & DE area, and also confirm you can find some early glass beads on pre-historic, and early historic era colonial home sites although I have never found many, or in any significant concentrations.
In the past 10 years or so unfortunately most of the beads I have picked up in the fields have turned out to be plastic, and have probably been introduced recently in the sludge being applied to the fields as fertilizer. You don't want to think about where those beads have been.

 

[Huzzah!]

Found a few here and there in eastern and central Va--certainly don't have a collection of them as some had posted earlier. Look like little clay Cheerios. I posted one or two on here before.

 

[welsbury]

Haven't seen these posted yet.These are dentalium shell that were used as beads and also had a real standard value to them. These are from west coast but there are some off east coast that were used there also.

 

[joshuaream]

Haven't seen these posted yet.These are dentalium shell that were used as beads and also had a real standard value to them. These are from west coast but there are some off east coast that were used there also.

They were used in the Southern Caribbean and South America as well. I guess they were just hard to collect and therefore had a rarity factor with them. You even see copies of them made from shell.

There are a couple in this group.



Here is a group from my bead site. It was a big village that had specialized workshop of people who made beads for trade around the caribbean. Lots of blanks (unfinished), brokens, and then some finished beads. These should look pretty similar to Steve's tropical beads.

 

[southfork]

These are from the Sacramento Valley N. California a few trade beads in the mix . Mound # 9 year 1936