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Message	A bit to the northeast of Jenne-Jeno, but the article discusses how ceramic beads seem to cluster among the abandoned living quarters, as opposed to the more valuable stone and glass beads in grave goods. [sorry about the large blurry pix, the result of quick-and-dirty screenshots of the pix that can be viewed in the article] https://www.academia.edu/10172967/The_beads_of_Kissi_Burkina_Faso Archaeological investigations on settlements and graveyards near the Mare de Kissi in NE Burkina Faso proved human occupation at that location at least from the 4th century BC up to the 12th/13th century AD. One important category of finds recovered from excavations are beads: about five thousand of various materials were found, especially as serious goods in the cemeteries, but also in the settlement zones. A clear imbalance in raw materials is visible between beads found in the settlement zones and those from the cemeteries: there is a trend towards low value materials in the settlement zones, while beads found in the graves demonstrate wealth and important trade relations of that society Display HTML as text.
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