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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
Table 4: Description of Class III Beads (Fig. 7)
7 Colour plate III. (click on image for a PDF version)
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| Type | Bead
Number |
Size | Glass |
Outside Layer
| Core
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Middle Layer
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Colour
Name | Glass |
Colour
Name | Glass |
Colour
Name |
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| IIIa | IIIa1 | M | op | Redwood | op | Black |
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| IIIa2 | M | op | Redwood | cl | Lt. Gray |
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| IIIa3 | S | op | Redwood | cl | Apple Green |
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| M | op | Redwood | cl | Apple Green |
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| IIIa4 | M | op | Redwood | cl | Brite Blue |
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| IIIa5 | M | cl | Scarlet | op | White |
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| IIIa6 | M | cl | Lt. Gray | cl | Lt. Gray | op | Redwood |
| IIIa7 | M | cl | Lt. Gray | cl | Lt. Gray | op | White |
| IIIa8 | S | tr | Oyster White | cl | Lt. Gray |
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| IIIa9 | S | tr | Shadow Blue | cl | Brite Navy |
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| IIIa10 | VS | cl | Ultramarine | cl | Ultramarine | op | White |
| S | cl | Ultramarine | cl | Ultramarine | op | White |
| IIIa11 | S | cl | Brite Navy | cl | Lt. Gray | op | White |
| IIIa12 | VS | cl | Brite Navy | cl | Brite Navy | op | White |
| S | cl | Brite Navy | cl | Brite Navy | op | White |
| M | cl | Brite Navy | cl | Brite Navy | op | White |
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| Type | Bead
Number |
Size | Glass |
Outside Layer
| Core
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Middle
| Simple Stripes
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Colour
Name | Glass |
Colour
Name | Glass |
Colour
Name | Colour Name
Number of Stripes |
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| IIIb | IIIb1 | VS | op | Redwood | op | Black |
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| 6 op White |
| IIIb2 | M | op | Redwood | cl | Apple Green |
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| 6 op White |
| IIIb3 | S | cl | Lt. Gray | cl | Lt. Gray | op | White | 3 op Black |
| IIIb4 | S | tr | Oyster White | cl | Brite Copan Blue |
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| 6 Redwood 6 Brite Navy |
| IIIb5 | L | tr | Oyster White | cl | Brite Copan Blue |
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| 4 Redwood 4 Brite Navy |
| IIIb6 | L | cl | Lt. Aqua Blue | cl | Lt. Aqua Blue | op | White | 8 op White |
| IIIb7 | M | cl | Shadow Blue | cl | Shadow Blue | op | White | 8 op White |
| IIIb8 | M | cl | Dk. Shadow Blue | op | Redwood | op | White | 3 op White |
| IIIb9 | L | cl | Brite Navy | cl | Brite Navy | op | White | 15 op White |
| IIIb10 | VL | cl | Dk. Navy | cl | Dk. Navy | op | White | 16 op White |
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| Type | Bead
Number |
Size | Glass |
Outside Layer
| Core
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Middle
| Compound Stripes
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Colour
Name | Glass |
Colour
Name | Glass |
Colour
Name | Colour Name
Number of Stripes |
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| IIIbb | IIIbb1 | L | op | Redwood | cl | Black |
| 3 op Black | on White |
| IIIbb2 | S | op | Redwood | op | Black |
| 3 cl Brite Navy | on White |
| IIIbb3 | L | op | Redwood | op | Black |
| 4 cl Brite Navy | on White |
| IIIbb4 | L | op | Redwood | cl | Apple Green |
| 3 op Black | on White |
| IIIbb5 | L | op | Redwood | cl | Apple Green |
| 3 cl Brite Navy | on White |
| IIIbb6 | L | op | Black | cl | Lt. Gray |
| 3 op Redwood | on White |
| IIIbb7 | L | cl | Brite Navy | cl | Brite Navy | op | White | 3 op Redwood | on White |
| IIIbb8 | L | cl | Brite Navy | cl | Brite Navy | op | White | 3 cl Aqua Blue | on White |
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| Type | Bead
Number |
Size | Glass |
Outside
| Core
| Middle Layer
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Colour
Name | Glass |
Colour
Name | Glass |
Colour
Name |
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| IIIc | IIIc1 | L | cl | Brite Blue | cl | Brite Blue | op | White |
| IIIc2 | L | tr | Shadow Blue | cl | Lt. Gray | op | White |
| IIIc3 | L | cl | Brite Navy | cl | Lt. Gray | op | White |
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| IIIc' | IIIc'1 | L | op | Redwood | op | Black |
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| IIIc'2 | L | op | Redwood | cl | Apple Green |
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| IIIc'3 | L | cl | Turquoise | op | Redwood | op | White |
| IIIc'4 | L | cl | Turquoise | cl | Brite Navy | op | White |
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| IIIe | IIIe1 | M | op | Redwood | op | Black |
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| IIIe2 | M | cl | Lt. Gray | cl | Lt. Gray | op | Redwood |
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| IIIe' | IIIe'1 | M | op | Redwood | op | Black |
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| IIIf | IIIf1 | L | cl | Lt. Gray | tr | Oyster White |
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| IIIf2 | L | cl | Ultramarine | tr | Lt. Aqua Blue |
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Tube "Star" Beads (The Layers are Named from the Outside Inward)
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Type IIIk "Star" Tube Bead with Plain Outside Layer
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| Type | Bead
Number | Size | Glass |
Outside |
| 2nd |
| 3rd |
| 4th |
| 5th |
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| IIIk | IIIk1 | VL | op | Redwood | op | White | cl | Brite Blue | op | White | cl | Brite Blue | (*1) |
| IIIk2 | L | cl | Teal Green | op | White | op | Redwood | op | Black |
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| IIIk3 | S | cl | Brite Navy | op | White | op | Redwood | op | White | cl | Brite Blue | (*3) |
*1 Outside layer very thick. Ends of bead slightly milled.
*2 Outside layer thin so ridges of next layer show through like stripes.
*3 Ends of bead ground to point to show design of inner layers.
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Type IIIm True "Star" Bead (Large tube ground down to round or oval form
to show ridges of next layer and end design of inner layers). Beads
occur in size from Small to Very Large--up to 2-1/2" long.
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| Type | Bead
Number | Glass |
Outside |
| 2nd |
| 3rd |
| 4th |
| 5th |
| 6th |
| 7th |
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| IIIm | IIIm1 | cl | Brite Blue | op | White | op | Redwood | op | White |
cl | Brite Blue | op | White | cl | Brite Blue |
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Type IIIn "Star" Tube Bead with Stripes Inlayed in Outside Layer
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| Type | Bead
Number | Glass |
Outside |
| 2nd |
| 3rd |
| 4th |
| 5th |
| Stripes |
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| IIIn | IIIn1 | tr | Oyster White | op | White | op | Redwood | op | White | cl | Lt. Gray | 6 | op | Redwood |
| 6 | cl | Brite Navy |
| IIIn2 | tr | Oyster White | op | White | op | Redwood | op | White | cl | Brite Blue | 6 | op | Redwood |
| 6 | cl | Brite Navy |
| IIIn3 | tr | Oyster White | op | Redwood | op | White | op | White | cl | Brite Blue | 4 | op | Redwood |
| 4 | cl | Dk. Palm Green |
| 4 | cl | Brite Navy |
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