Talking beads: the history of wampum as a value and knowledge bearer from its very first beginnings until today

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Hidden messages (of the past?) – Exploring tracks of indigenous people: Latest scientific findings help revise our present-day knowledge concerning Native Americans. New evidence suggests that some graphic type of communication was used for more than 300 years. Now, for the first time, those signs can be deciphered. Indigenous messages of the past are found on bands, woven of valuable beads called wampum. “Talking Beads: The History of Wampum as a Value and Knowledge Bearer, From its Very First Beginnings Until Today”, presents a convincing treatise (including many illustrations) of the more than 400 preserved wampum belts, bands and bags. The book is based on the ethnography of the classic Americanist Franz Boas and considers numerous archaeological, ethnological, ethnographic, linguistic and material sources from the 17th to the 21st century. Answers to questions like: Why had wampum been particularly valuable since its beginning? Had it been a substitute for money? How did its system of communication develop? How far had it been dispersed? Who had access to it? And how did it influence the majority of the population? can now be found. 0.1_Title-Page_print.pdf......Page 1 Dok1......Page 2 1.1_Acknowledgement_print_pV-VII_final......Page 3 Dok1......Page 6 1.2_Contents_print_pIX-X_final......Page 7 1.3_Figures and Tables_print_pXI_final......Page 9 Dok1......Page 10 1.4_Introduction_print_p1-5_final......Page 11 Dok1......Page 16 1.5_Historical Background_print_p7-11_final......Page 17 2_Of Its Origin_print_p12-17_final......Page 22 3_Etymology_print_p18-20_final......Page 28 4_Wampum Bead Production_print_p21-30_final......Page 31 5_Wampum as an Adornment_print_p31-46_final......Page 41 6_Wampum as a Value Bearer_print_p47-58_final......Page 57 7_Wampum as a Knowlegde Bearer_print_p59-91_final......Page 69 Dok1......Page 102 10_Surrogates_print_p.207-219_final......Page 217 9_Wampum Belts and Patterns_print_p.109-206_final......Page 0 11_Diffusion of Wampum_print_p220-240_final......Page 230 12_Wampum Outside its Original Context_print_p241-250_final......Page 251 13. Summery and Conclusions_print_p251-256_final......Page 261 14.1_Catalogue_title......Page 267 Dok1......Page 268 14_Explanation of Table and Plates_print_p257-259_final......Page 269 15_Explanation of Tables_print_p260-262_final......Page 272 16_Table 5_p.263_final......Page 275 17_Explanation of Tables_print_p265-267_final......Page 276 18_Plates_print_p268-273_final......Page 279 19_Plates_print_p274-279_final......Page 285 20_Plates_print_p280-285_final......Page 291 21_Plates_print_p286-291_final......Page 297 22_Plates_print_p292-297_final......Page 303 23_Plates_print_p298-303_final......Page 309 Dok1......Page 315 24_Explanations of Plates_print_p305-362_final......Page 316 25_EBibliography_Archival Sources_print_p263-264_final......Page 374 26_Bibliography_Primary Published Sources_print_p365-385_final......Page 376 27_Bibliography_Secondary Sources_print_p386-424_final......Page 397