The Journal of the Jamestown Rediscovery Center
Volume 1
More Than "A Few Blew Beads": The Glass and Stone Beads from Jamestown Rediscovery's 1994-1997 Excavations
Heather Lapham
University of Virginia
Figure 14. Jamestown beads by occupation period.*
| Bead
Variety |
Early Fort Period |
Post-Fort Period |
Period Uncertain/Mixed |
| (n =
188) |
(n =
74) |
(n =
88) |
| # |
% |
# |
% |
# |
% |
| Ib* |
|
|
|
|
1 |
1.1 |
| Ib4 |
|
|
1 |
1.4 |
1 |
1.1 |
| Ib7 |
|
|
1 |
1.4 |
|
|
| Ibb'1* |
1 |
0.5 |
|
|
1 |
1.1 |
| IIa9 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
1.1 |
| IIa13 |
16 |
8.5 |
20 |
27 |
7 |
8 |
| IIa15 |
7 |
3.7 |
4 |
5.4 |
2 |
2.3 |
| IIa28 |
3 |
1.6 |
|
|
|
|
| IIa40 |
28 |
14.9 |
15 |
20.3 |
22 |
25 |
| IIa46 |
|
|
1 |
1.4 |
|
|
| IIa55 |
5 |
2.7 |
|
|
2 |
2.3 |
| IIa56 |
49 |
26.1 |
|
|
|
|
| IIa57 |
1 |
0.5 |
3 |
4.1 |
1 |
1.1 |
| IIb18 |
2 |
1.1 |
5 |
6.8 |
12 |
13.6 |
| IIIc1 |
21 |
11.2 |
5 |
6.8 |
12 |
13.6 |
| IIIc3 |
14 |
7.4 |
2 |
2.7 |
7 |
8 |
| IIIm1 |
4 |
2.1 |
|
|
3 |
3.4 |
| IVa* |
|
|
2 |
2.7 |
2 |
2.3 |
| IVa11 |
1 |
0.5 |
3 |
4.1 |
2 |
2.3 |
| IVa12* |
1 |
0.5 |
2 |
2.7 |
|
|
| IVa13 |
|
|
4 |
5.4 |
1 |
1.1 |
| IVa18* |
12 |
6.4 |
|
|
|
|
| IVa19 |
4 |
2.1 |
|
|
|
|
| WI* |
15 |
8 |
4 |
5.4 |
|
|
| WIIe* |
1 |
0.5 |
|
|
1 |
1.1 |
| Frit-cored |
1 |
0.5 |
|
|
|
|
| Quartz
crystal |
1 |
0.5 |
|
|
5 |
5.7 |
| Jet |
|
|
|
|
2 |
2.3 |
| Carnelian |
1 |
0.5 |
|
|
1 |
1.1 |
| Agate |
|
|
2 |
2.7 |
2 |
2.3 |
*Figure 14 excludes the black tile bead recovered from a 19th century context.
