Perhaps better to call this stuff Paiwan BEADWORK, since...
Re: Paiwan Beads -- Beadman Post Reply Edit Forum Where am I?
Posted by: Pudgy Mail author
01/03/2011, 18:22:37

...the Paiwans can't claim authorship for any beads, except for that new ceramic stuff. Let's not create any more trans-provenance ambiguities like "Jenne" beads.

Meanwhile, once you shake out all the stuff that can be traced to industries elsewhere, we're left with specimens from one or more unknown industries. So, what progress has been made in this matter with all the enlightenment of modern bead science? Where were the "unknown" beads made? Are we to be satified with lists of "maybe here" or "maybe there"? Nothing has changed.



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