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  • Archaeology
  • Material Culture Studies
  • African History

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  • Beads are significant material culture in Africa's past.
  • Existing studies categorize beads by material, manufacture, provenance, distribution, and social signaling (identity, networks, status).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and explore the conceptual framework of 'making' for studying African beads.
  • To expand existing analyses of beads by focusing on their creation and integration into composite items.
  • To offer new avenues for interpreting beads in the African archaeological record.

Main Methods:

  • Developing a conceptual framework centered on 'making'.
  • Analyzing bead composition, recycling, reuse, and integration into composite items (e.g., garments, adornments).
  • Examining the interplay of material properties, knowledge, memory, and sensory affects in bead production.
  • Utilizing diverse case studies from across the African continent.

Main Results:

  • The 'making' framework deepens the understanding of bead production processes.
  • It highlights the dynamic interaction between materials, makers, ideas, and tools.
  • The approach reveals bead making as an assemblage of material and non-material elements.
  • Case studies demonstrate the framework's utility in generating novel interpretations of archaeological beads.

Conclusions:

  • The 'making' framework provides a more holistic approach to studying African beads.
  • It encourages a focus on the dynamic processes and multi-sensory aspects of bead production and use.
  • This approach yields richer insights into the social and cultural significance of beads in the African past.