Interconnections : Glass beads and trade in southern and eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean - 7th to 16th centuries AD

Interconnections : Glass beads and trade in southern and eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean - 7th to 16th centuries AD

Glass beads comprise the most frequently found evidence of trade between southern Africa and the greater Indian Oceanbetween the 7th and 16th centuries AD.  In this thesis beads recovered from southern African archaeological sites are organized into series, based on morphology and chemical compositi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wood, Marilee
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Afrikansk och jämförande arkeologi 2012
Subjects:
glass trade beads
glass analysis
LA-ICP-MS
7th to 16th century Indian Ocean trade
southern Africa
East Africa
Mapungubwe
K2
Schroda
Chibuene
Hlamba Mlonga
Sibudu Cave
Kaole Ruins
Mahilaka.
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