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1	How Beads come Together : Late Iron Age glass beads as past possessions and present sources Råhlander, Moa January 2017 (has links) This study aims to demonstrate the potential for understanding first millennium glass beads not as individual representatives of types, but as collections of objects brought together and curated by owners. It uses the author’s experience as a skilled bead maker to investigate processes of bead production and mechanics of bead collection current in Scandinavia and Anglo-Saxon England in the period of 6th to 9th century AD. In the study the bead collections of seven graves are examined from the perspective of their production techniques, materials, and damage from wear and cremation. The results point to beads being acquired in different numbers and often worn for long periods of time before being buried. Bead beads glass viking Iron Age beadmaking making craft pearl Råhlander Moa Lovö Kent production collection pärlor vikingatid glas glaspärlor pärla Råhlander Moa pärltillverkning produktion tillverkning Lovö kent Archaeology Arkeologi