Project MUSE - The Elemental Analysis of Glass Beads jhu.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jhu.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Hint: There is a laser involved. Jessica Thompson was looking for bones, not beads. But as the Yale archeologist sifted through the fertile soil of Kasitu Valley in northern Malawi in the mid 2010s, she kept finding small glass orbs, many about.
How One Tiny Bead Can Reveal A Global History atlasobscura.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from atlasobscura.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Beads show European trade in African interior used Indigenous routes miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A study co-authored by Yale anthropologist Jessica Thompson delves into the origins of tiny glass beads to find a centuries-long history of trade networks.