Current Research Projects

The Seed Bead Project

The Asian Maritime Bead Project

Other Research Projects

Beads are woven lengthwise and breadthwise into the human story. Their study is as inexhaustible as the inquiry into the human condition. Pick up a bead anywhere and you change the structure of the fabric and the location of other beads. It's like a butterfly in China dictating snow in Kansas.

At the Center for Bead Research we are involved in several projects simultaneously, some of them over long periods of time. Some projects of current interest are listed below. If you are interested in helping out on any of them, e-mail me at the Office. Select "Current Project" as the Subject.

At the moment, I can report on two major projects

The Seed Bead Project

The Asian Maritime Bead Project

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Other Research Projects

The Middle Eastern Glass Bead Project

The Beads of Early Colonial America

The Arikamedu Project

The Latin American Project

The Beads of the Indian Capitals Project

Beads Along the American Frontier

The West African Project

The Oldest Beads in America

Keep visiting to see what happens with these and other projects.

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