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Clickable links General Bead History
History of the glass bead An very useful and concise history of beads
   
  Pre-historic - Iron Age
Wiltshire Heritage Museum A nice collection of Iron Age beads and personal items
   
  Celtic
   
   
  Romano-British
Wiltshire Heritage Museum Excellent images of various Roman pieces
  Anglo-Saxon
Glass and amber crafts Regia Anglorum's reference page on glass and beads
   
   
   
   
  Viking-era
Arkeodok Fantastic reference source for Viking-era beads
Viking beads The Viking Answer Lady - a great stop for all things Viking
Ribe beads (pdf) Fantastic PDF on the Ribe Post Office finds including good information on beads
Ragnarr's beads Extremely thorough discussion and printable bead recognition charts of Viking beads
Female Viking Burial PDF of a  1987 report of a Viking grave on the Isle of Lewis with a significant number of beads
   
   
   
  General discussions on beads
Beads and necklaces The invaluable Florilegium site with compilations of many online discussions of various topics
   
  Online bibliographies and links pages
The Jewelry Historian A useful list of books regarding jewellery and beads
Gudrun's Viking Links A good list of links for Viking information with a substantial bead section