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All things new become old again: European beads in southern Florida during the early historic period

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Date Issued:
1998
Summary:
This study compiles all known archaeological sites in southern Florida dating from the early historic period (1492-1750) that contain European beads. Beads from four sites, Boynton Multiple Mounds (8PB100), Ortona Burial Mound (8GL35), Philip Mound (8PO446), and Goodnow Mound (8HG6), are classified, as well as quantified to provide valuable information on frequency, style, and observable patterns in the archaeological record. This study examines the function of beads as ornaments intended to display, convey, or communicate culturally coded messages. Beads can be used in an outward, visible display of rank, status, and prestige. Beads will be compared with other items found in archaeological context to examine possible patterns in assemblages, especially as related to the unique set of artifacts associated with "The Glades Cult".
Title: All things new become old again: European beads in southern Florida during the early historic period.
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Name(s): Jacob, Rebecca Harris.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Kennedy, William J., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1998
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 265 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: This study compiles all known archaeological sites in southern Florida dating from the early historic period (1492-1750) that contain European beads. Beads from four sites, Boynton Multiple Mounds (8PB100), Ortona Burial Mound (8GL35), Philip Mound (8PO446), and Goodnow Mound (8HG6), are classified, as well as quantified to provide valuable information on frequency, style, and observable patterns in the archaeological record. This study examines the function of beads as ornaments intended to display, convey, or communicate culturally coded messages. Beads can be used in an outward, visible display of rank, status, and prestige. Beads will be compared with other items found in archaeological context to examine possible patterns in assemblages, especially as related to the unique set of artifacts associated with "The Glades Cult".
Identifier: 9780591928020 (isbn), 15562 (digitool), FADT15562 (IID), fau:12322 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1998.
Subject(s): Beads--History--Europe
Beads--Florida
Held by: Florida Atlantic University Libraries
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