ABSTRACT In the papers assembled here, five scholars focus on shell beads at site, watershed, and regional scales. Themes include manufacturing techniques such as bore size discussions, changes in bead preferences over time and geography, the appearance of beaded regalia, and shell bead meaning. Claassen’s paper addresses the beads at Late Archaic Indian Knoll; Connaway discusses shell beads in northwestern Mississippi; Pearson looks at beads from coastal Georgia; and Webster and King examine beads before and after European contact in the Potomac basin.

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下面是贝壳，上面是星星：贝壳珠的四个视角

摘要 在这里汇集的论文中，五位学者专注于现场、流域和区域尺度的贝壳珠。主题包括制造技术，例如孔径讨论、珠子偏好随时间和地理的变化、珠饰的外观和贝壳珠的含义。Claassen 的论文讨论了晚古印度丘陵的珠子；康纳威讨论了密西西比州西北部的贝壳珠；Pearson 看着来自佐治亚州沿海地区的珠子；韦伯斯特和金检查了波托马克盆地欧洲人接触前后的珠子。