The Journal of the Jamestown Rediscovery Center
More Than "A Few Blew Beads": The Glass and Stone Beads from Jamestown Rediscovery's 1994-1997 Excavations
Heather Lapham
University of Virginia
2. Jamestown Rediscovery Beads
2.1 Glass Beads
This study examined 337 glass beads, representing 28
varieties. They were identified and classified according
to the Kidd and Kidd (
1970)
typological system.
1
An asterisk (*) marked varieties that did not appear in
the Kidds's typology or differed slightly from an
existing variety.
2
Over three quarters of the Jamestown assemblage consisted
of the following seven glass bead varieties listed
below:
- Round robin's-egg blue beads (Kidd IIa40) 19%
- Circular navy blue beads (Kidd IIa56) 15%
- Round white beads (Kidd IIa13) 13%
- Nueva cadiz-like turquoise beads (Kidd IIIc1) 11%
- Nueva cadiz-like navy blue beads (Kidd IIIc3) 7%
- Gooseberry beads (Kidd IIb18) 6%
- Cone-shaped yellow beads (Kidd WI*) 5%
