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Vol. 35 (2023)

A New Variety of Frit-Core Bead from Jamestown, Virginia

Submitted
February 27, 2025
Published
July 7, 2025

Abstract

The inventory of frit-core beads continues to grow with the finding of a new variation of Type 9 at Jamestown (1607-ca. 1699) in eastern Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It is decorated with four golden yellow and four raised white stripes.