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The history of beads : from 100,000 B.C. to the present
- Title
- The history of beads : from 100,000 B.C. to the present / Lois Sherr Dubin ; original photography by Kiyoshi Togashi.
- Author
- Dubin, Lois Sherr.
- Publication
- New York : Abrams, 2009.
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Details
- Description
- 396 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps; 31 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JQG 15-710
- ISBN
- 9780810951747
- 0810951746
- LCCN
- 2009011804
- OCLC
- 316772621
- Author
- Dubin, Lois Sherr.
- Title
- The history of beads : from 100,000 B.C. to the present / Lois Sherr Dubin ; original photography by Kiyoshi Togashi.
- Imprint
- New York : Abrams, 2009.
- Edition
- Rev. and expanded ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JQG 15-710