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Beads from Helo'
Archaeological investigations at Helo' on Mescalitan Island, prepared by Lynn H. Gamble • Santa Barbara, Calif. • Published In 1990 • Pages: 8-1 to 8-65
By: King, Chester.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Chester King examined the beads from the 1986 excavations at HELO' (CA-SBA-46). The beads are described in this report and compared to the bead assembalges from earlier excavations at CA-SBA-46 and other historic California sites. The shell, glass, stone and bone beads found are used to date the various areas and levels of the site.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Prehistory
- Ornament
- Jewelry manufacture
- Typologies and classifications
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Late Southern California
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2800 BP-197 BP (Middle Period Phase 2 - 197 BP)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- HELO' (CA-SBA-46), Calif., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Chester King
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 8-64 to 8-65)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- California--Antiquities