Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History No. 1
A Classification System for Glass Beads for the Use of Field Archaeologists,
by Kenneth E. and Martha Ann Kidd
Glossary of Terms used in Tables 1-6
Taylor, Helen D., Lucllle Knoche & Walter Granville (Eds.)
Descriptive Color Names Dictionary. Container Corporation of
America, Chicago.
The colours encountered in the beads seen and studied correspond to
those shown on the colour chips in the above publication, numbered and
named as below.
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| 6 le | Redwood | op | cl |
| 23 ni | Dk. Palm Green |
| cl |
|
| 8 pc | Ruby |
| cl |
| 20 ng | Teal Green |
| cl |
|
| 7 pa | Scarlet |
| cl |
| 17 pa | Turquoise |
| cl |
|
| p | Lamp Black | op |
|
| 16 ea | Lt. Aqua Blue | op | cl | tr |
| c | Lt. Gray |
| cl |
| 18 gc | Aqua Blue | op |
| tr |
| b | Oyster White |
| cl | tr | 16 ic | Robin's Egg Blue | op |
| tr |
| a | White | op |
|
| 16 lc | Brite Blue |
| cl | tr |
| 15 ca | Pale Blue | op | cl | tr | 15 nc | Cerulean Blue |
| cl |
|
| 1 la | Lemon Yellow | op | cl |
| 14 ia | Brite Copen Blue | op | cl |
|
| 2 ic | Lt. Gold | op | cl |
| 14 ie | Shadow Blue | op | cl | tr |
| 3 lc | Amber | op | cl |
| 15 ni | Dk. Shadow Blue | op | cl |
|
| 3 le | Cinnamon | op | cl |
| 13 la | Brite Dutch Blue | op |
|
|
| 4 ng | Maple |
| cl |
| 13 pa | Ultramarine |
| cl |
|
| 1 gc | Citron |
| cl | tr | 13 pg | Brite Navy |
| cl |
|
| 2 lg | Mustard Tan | op |
|
| 14 pi | Dk. Navy |
| cl |
|
| 2 pn | Dk. Brown | op |
|
| 7 ga | Lt. Cherry Rose | op | cl |
|
| 22 ia | Brite Mint Green | op | cl |
| 8 le | Rose Wine |
| cl |
|
| 23 ic | Apple Green | op | cl |
| 11 lc | Amethyst |
| cl |
|
| 22 ie | Surf Green | op |
| tr | 7 pn | Dk. Rose Brown |
| cl | tr |
| 21 nc | Emerald Green |
| cl |
| 6 lc | Coral |
|
| tr |
|
The abbreviations op. cl. and tr. after the names
indicate whether the colour occurs in opaque, clear or
translucent glass.
Abbreviations Which Occur in Tables
Size:
VS - Very Small, under 2 mm.
S - Small, 2-4 mm.
M - Medium, 4-6 mm.
L - Large, 6-10 mm.
VL - Very Large, over 10 mm.
Shape:
R - Round
C - Circular (Ring)
O - Oval
T - Tube
F - Flat
D - Disk
CO - corn
ME - Melon
RA - Raspberry
ST - Star
FA - Facetted
DO - Donut
Type of Glass:
op - Opaque
cl - Clear
tr - Translucent
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