Ceramic beads in Burkina Faso excavation
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Posted by: Beadiste Post Reply
11/22/2025, 10:56:50

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

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