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Arikara Glassworking Techniques at Leavenworth and Sully Sites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Douglas H. Ubelaker  and
William M. Bass
Douglas H. Ubelaker
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology University of Kansas
William M. Bass
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology University of Kansas
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Abstract

Excavations of protohistoric Arikara sites in South Dakota have produced native manufactured blue-glass pendants in association with burials. On the basis of archaeological and laboratory evidence, it is conjectured that the Arikara produced these pendants by first grinding blue-glass seed beads to form a powder. They then moistened the powder to form a paste and shaped and fired the paste to the desired form on a copper plate which often was a rifle butt plate. In addition, it is shown that, through time, the Arikara gradually refined their techniques to produce better made pendants and ornaments of different shapes.

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American Antiquity , Volume 35 , Issue 4 , October 1970 , pp. 467 - 475
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1970

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