I saw this article yesterday about a great new archeological find on Saint Catherines island, off the Georgia coast. Archaelogists have been excavating around an old mission there, and have uncovered thousands upon thousands of ancient beads! The beads are from all over the world, including China, France, Italy (Venetian crystal, sigh), the Netherlands, India, "Bohemia," Spain and some of Baltic origin (amber). Wow! All in all, they say they've uncovered about 70,000 beads. Now that's a stash that would make any bead collector swoon.
I found it touching that more than half of the beads recovered were buried with small children. I wonder what the significance of that is...
I found it touching that more than half of the beads recovered were buried with small children. I wonder what the significance of that is...
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