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Progress And Problems In Recent Trade Bead Research, Richard G. Conn

BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers

Thirty years have passed since the late Richard G. Conn presented this paper at the conference of the Canadian Archaeological Association in Winnipeg, March 8-9, 1968. It is presented here to show us how far we have come and how far we still have to go.

Dressed To Kill: Jade Beads And Pendants In The Maya Lowlands, David M. Pendergast

BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers

Jade was a material of paramount importance in ancient Maya life owing to its symbolic significance. The meanings of jade's color lent to the stone, and to those adorned with objects fashioned from it, an unmistakable aura of power. As a result, jade objects figure very prominently in the archaeological record, and their forms and contexts bespeak their ancient meanings. The tracing of the shapes, carving, production techniques, and use history of jades underscores the role of jade in Maya belief, political economy, and personal ornamentation.

Melanau Bead Culture: A Vanishing World?, Heidi Munan

BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers

Settled on the South China Sea coast of Sarawak, the Melanau comprise an aristocratic society which used to have a strong bead culture, tied to animist religion. Developments in the 19th and 20th centuries have influenced the traditional way of life so that today, only a few Melanau still keep a significant number of beads. Nevertheless, shamen and healers, adherents to the old religion, continue to use beads in healing and purification ceremonies. Bereaved families protect themselves by wearing special beads, and by providing the deceased with beads according to his or her status in the traditional hierarchy. Specific kinds …

Reviews And End Matter

BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers

Beads and Bead Makers: Gender, Material Culture, and Meaning, Lidia D. Sciama and Joanne B. Eicher (eds.) (1998), reviewed by Carole Morris

Glasperlen Christbaumschmuck/Glass Bead Christmas Tree Ornaments, by Waltraud Neuwirth (1995), reviewed by Karlis Karklins

Perlern: Archaologie, Techniken, Analysen, Uta von Freeden and Alfried Wieczorek (eds.) (1997), reviewed by Frank Siegmund

Das awarenzeitliche Graberfeld von Halimba. Das Awarische Corpus. Beihefte V, by Gyula Török (1998), reviewed by Katalin Szilagyi

Little Chief's Gatherings, by James A. Hanson (1996), reviewed by Karlis Karklins.

Stone Beads And Their Imitations, Robert K. Liu

BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers

Simulations of precious-stone beads began to be made as soon as feasible materials became available. From antiquity onward, we have replicas of stone beads made of glazed stone, faience, and other ceramics, and glass. In contemporary times, glass and plastic have become the predominant substitutes for stone beads, although materials of organic origin, such as bone and tusk, have also been used. Information is presented on the background, materials, and techniques for detecting such simulations, using primarily visual clues provided by macro color photographs.

A History Of Gem Beadmaking In Idar-Oberstein, Si Frazier, Ann Frazier, Glenn Lehrer

BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers

Located at the southwestern edge of Germany, Idar-Oberstein is the historic stone-cutting center of Europe. The origins of the industry go back at least 500 years. The industry was originally based on local deposits of agate, jasper, rock crystal, and amethyst but beginning in the 19th century, all kinds of rough gemstones began to be imported from around the world. The industry grew very rapidly from the middle of the 19th century. A great deal of this success was based on the manufacture of agate beads ("African money") for export to Africa and the Middle East. This article not only …

Beads: Journal Of The Society Of Bead Researchers - Volume 10-11 (Complete)

BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers

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Front Matter

BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers

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The New Plastic In Sculpture, Timothy M. Gallant

Honors Theses, 1963-2015

In his "new plastic" paintings, Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) created an aesthetic of universal dimensions through the unification of simplified visual elements. Through an intuitive process of trial and error, Mondrian achieved the unity required for his universal aesthetic by creating a delicate tension between simplified elements in simulated three dimensional space. Mondrian's "new plastic" (neoplastic) aesthetic in painting, however, is physically bound to the two dimensional surface of his canvas and allowed only the appearance of three dimensions. In my thesis, I outline the translation of Mondrian's aesthetic into a physically three dimensional context, creating a universal aesthetic in sculpture …

The Shape Of Utnapishtim’S Ark: A Rejoinder, Steven W. Holloway

Libraries

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Sargon Ii And His Redactors Repair Eanna Of Uruk, Steven W. Holloway

Libraries

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Narratus Interruptus: Gary Hill’S 23:59:59:29—The Storyteller’S Room, Dore Bowen

Faculty Publications

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Ecclesiae Militantis Triumphi: Jesuit Iconography And The Counter- Reformation, Kirstin Noreen

Art History Faculty Works

The Ecclesiae militantis triumphi (1583, 1585), a print series reproducing the late-sixteenth-century ambulatory frescoes of Santo Stefano Rotondo, offered Jesuits a concise history of Early Christian persecution through the depiction of martyrdoms from the time of the primitive church. The addition of four allegories not found in the Santo Stefano Rotondo cycle develops the meaning of the print series and links Early Christian sacrifice with theological doctrine established at the Council of Trent. Guided by both text and image, Jesuits could meditate upon the historical litany of martyred saints and at the same time examine, through allegory, the Catholic position …

Kentucky Quilts: Roots & Wings, Adrain Swain, Shelly Zegart

Kentucky Folk Art Center Exhibition Catalogs

1998 Kentucky Folk Art Center exhibition catalog depicting Kentucky quilts.

Planning The Twentieth-Century American City, By Mary Corbin Sies And Christopher Silver. Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore And London, 1996, And Magnetic Los Angeles: Planning The Twentieth-Century Metropolis, By Greg Hise. Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore And London, 1997 (Book Reviews), Robert Wojtowicz

Art Faculty Publications

(First Paragraph) Planning has been a part of the American landscape since the establishment of the first colonial outposts, but it was not until the early twentieth century that the field's protagonists organized and professionalized. Also a relatively recent phenomenon is the field of American planning history, which for many years was the neglected stepchild of urban history and the distant cousin of architectural history. Over the past decade, however, a steady outpouring of interdisciplinary research has garnered for the field well-deserved recognition within the academy. At a time when more established disciplines are increasingly torn by ideological differences and …

Ashqelon, Afridar Neighborhood, Ha-Shiryonaim Street, A-2933/1998, Ya’Akov Huster

Favissa: Past Archaeological Excavation Reports

In October 1998, a salvage excavation was carried out on Ha-Shiryonaim Street in Ashqelon, Afridar neighborhood (Permit No. A-2933/1998; map ref. 15848/62100), under the direction of Y. Huster.

Art Of The Scholar-Poets: Traditional Chinese Painting And Calligraphy, University Of Richmond Museums

Exhibition Brochures

Art of the Scholar-Poets: Traditional Chinese Painting and Calligraphy

April 01 to May 09, 1998

Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond Museums

Introduction

Chinese culture developed one of the world's most enduring artistic traditions, literati painting, based upon a unique idea about the purposes of art. The art of the scholar-poets is centered in calligraphy and poetry, which the literati learned at an early age as part of their basic education. Painting was done with the same tools as poetry and calligraphy - brush, ink, and paper - and it was an easy step to express poetic sensibilities in visual …

Excavations And Surveys In Israel 17, Israel Antiquities Authority

Excavations and Surveys in Israel (English Series)

Contents: Bet She’an, Antiquities Authority Expedition, G-30/92, G-5/93, G-12/94, Gaby Maor and Rachel Bar-Nathan [7], Caesarea , March 1992-June 1994, Yosef Porath, Avner Raban and Joseph Patrich [37], Caesarea, Expedition of the Antiquities Authority, G-38/92, G-6/93, Yosef Porath [37], Caesarea, Combined Caesarea Excavations (A), G-47/92, G-48/92, G-43/93, G-50/93, G-8/94, G-10/94, Joseph Patrich [47], Caesarea, Combined Caesarea Excavations (B), G-43/93, G-10/94, Avner Raban [54], Caesarea, Survey of Crusader Structures, G-123/92, Adrian Boas [72], Ramat Bet Shemesh, Paleoecological Survey, G-20/95, Liora Horwitz, Hagit Levy and Ehud Shani [79], Ramat …

Excavations And Surveys In Israel 18, Israel Antiquities Authority

Excavations and Surveys in Israel (English Series)

Banias, 1995, G-80/95, Vassilios Tzaferis and Shoshana Israeli [1] Banias, Temple of Pan - 1995, G-110/95 [1] Tel Dan, 1995, G-52/95, Avraham Biran [5] Survey of the Map of Metulla, Prehistoric Site, G-106/90, G-6/91, G-13/93, Idan Shaked and Ofer Marder [7] Central Gloan Heights, Survey, G-107/93, G-14/95, G-19/95, Igal Ben-Efraim [8] Southern Golan Height, Survey – 1993-1994, G-108/93, G-112/94, Erez Kalmachter [10] Tel Nov, A-1988, Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah [12] Tel Hazor, 1995, G-44/95, Amnon Ben-Tor [13] Kefar Veradim, A-2160, Howard Smithline and Dina Shalem [15] …

Remembering The Avant-Garde: Vision And Time In The Poetry Of Frank O'Hara, Graham Macphee

English Faculty Publications

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The Mickey Leland Papers & Collection, James W. Sheldrew

Mickey Leland Center on Hunger, Poverty, and World Peace Reports

A guide to the unpublished papers, artifacts, and audio visual materials of the late U.S. Congressman George Thomas "Mickey" Leland III. His papers document Leland's public service career from 1970 to 1989 and provide a political perspective on the history and culture of Houston, its 88th State District, and the 18th U.S. Congressional District during those years.

Fragments Of An Early Thirteenth-Century St. Peter Window From The Cathedral Of Rouen, Michael Watt Cothren

Art & Art History Faculty Works

This article introduces three fragments from a stained-glass cycle of the life of St. Peter, once part of the nave aisle glazing of the cathedral of Rouen. Although the evidence they offer is diminished by their partial preservation, when these panels are associated with a previously recognized panel depicting St. Peter in the Glencairn Museum, a narrative cycle can be documented and firmer conclusions can be drawn concerning stylistic relationships among the "Belles Verrières" of the Rouen nave aisle. The examination of these fragments from technical and physical--as well as stylistic--standpoints confirms an assessment of the early thirteenth-century stained-glass workshop …

Remembrances Of Jane Hayward, Michael Watt Cothren

Art & Art History Faculty Works

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The Old Mobile Project Newsletter, Gregory A. Waselkov, Stephen Thomas

CAS Monographs

Local tradition has long associated the area of Twenty-seven Mile Bluff on the Mobile River with the location of the early French settlement of Mobile. But archaeological traces of this important historical site have only recently been discovered. The old town site is now the focus of a research project directed by archaeologists at the University of South Alabama.

Front Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society

Huntsville Historical Review

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The Huntsville Historical Review, Vol 25, No 1, Winter 1998-Spring 1998, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society

Huntsville Historical Review

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Life And Times Of Mary Lewis Clay, 1825-1898, Nancy Rohr

Huntsville Historical Review

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Mizpe Afeq, Rosh Ha-ʻAyin, A-2960/1998, Chen Eliaz

Favissa: Past Archaeological Excavation Reports

In October 1998, a salvage excavation was conducted at the Mizpe Afeq site in Rosh Ha-ʻAyin (Permit No. A-2960/1998; map ref. 1961–6/6660–3) prior to construction, following the discovery of a rock-hewn burial cave. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, was directed by C. Eliaz, with the assistance of A. Hajian and I. Vatkin (surveying) and T. Sagiv (field photography).

Kisra A-2818/1998, Michel Itah

Favissa: Past Archaeological Excavation Reports

In February 1998, a test excavation was conducted in the village of Kisra (Permit No. A-2818/1998, map. ref. 2280–90/7620–30) prior to the laying of a sewage line.

Review Of Il Palatino Nel Medioevo: Archeologia E Topografia (Secoli Vi-Xiii), By Andrea Augenti, Dale Kinney

History of Art Faculty Research and Scholarship

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