Ref ID:	22873
Ref Type:	Book Section
Authors:	Carter, Alison Kyra
Title:	Garnet beads in Southeast Asia: evidence for local production?
Date:	2012
Source:	Crossing borders: selected papers from the 13th International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists
Place of Publication:	Singapore
Publisher:	NUS Press
Abstract:	This paper focuses on the analysis of two distinct types of garnet beads found at Iron Age sites in Cambodia. One type of garnet bead artifact was found at the site Angkor Borei in the Mekong Delta region of Cambodia. A second distinct type of garnet bead was found at sites in southeastern Cambodia, including Prohear, Village 10.8 and Bit Meas. Morphological study of the beads and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) analysis of the drill hole impressions show that the two types of beads represent two distinct beadmaking traditions. Preliminary compositional analysis of the two types of garnet artifacts using laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) also indicates that the two groups of artifacts are distinct from one other. Based on this evidence, I suggest that the beads from southeastern Cambodia represent a local Southeast Asian bead making tradition.
Date Created:	9/26/2013
Editors:	Tjoa-Bonatz, Mai Lin Reinecke, Andreas Bonatz, Dominik
Volume:	1
Page Start:	296
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