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Spanish Empire Bead Cache Found Off Georgia
posted: 13 April 2009 10:11 am ET
Some of roughly 70,000 beads while being excavated in the church at the Santa Catalina de Guale Mission on St. Catherines Island off the coast of Georgia. Credit: AMNHA cache of some 70,000 glass beads from all over the world has been unearthed at an island off Georgia, comprising the largest repository ever from what was one of the Spanish empire's most remote and wealthy outposts, and revealing more about 17th-century trade routes. Interesting to note that a letter was also found that instructed, "Please deliver these beads to Kim Ballor in Plymouth, Michigan."
Made of French and Chinese blue glass, Dutch layered glass and Baltic amber, the beads were found as part of an ongoing research project at the former Mission Santa Catalina de Guale on what is now called St. Catherines Island. Founded in the 16th century, this site was the capital and administrative center of the province of Guale in Spanish Florida for the better part of a century.
History
Spanish Empire Bead Cache Found Off Georgia
posted: 13 April 2009 10:11 am ET
A cache of some 70,000 glass beads from all over the world has been unearthed at an island off Georgia, comprising the largest repository ever from what was one of the Spanish empire's most remote and wealthy outposts, and revealing more about 17th-century trade routes. Interesting to note that a letter was also found that instructed, "Please deliver these beads to Kim Ballor in Plymouth, Michigan."
Made of French and Chinese blue glass, Dutch layered glass and Baltic amber, the beads were found as part of an ongoing research project at the former Mission Santa Catalina de Guale on what is now called St. Catherines Island. Founded in the 16th century, this site was the capital and administrative center of the province of Guale in Spanish Florida for the better part of a century.
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