LINKS

Jewelry Websites

Ancient Touch: Ancient jewelry website

Accessories Susan : Jewelry making supplies with the vintage and Victorian influence. Art Nouveau and Art Deco items also offered. Shipping, ideas and lessons are free.

Celtic Revival: Celtic Knots, Celtic-Jewelry, Pendants, Wedding Bands, Rings, Irish Celtic Claddagh Rings, Jewelry.

Chris Dec Jewelry: Handcrafted jewelry of gemstones and vintage beads. Handcrafted jewelry for larger women. African, Tibetan, Medieval, Tribal influences. Gemstones and rare vintage beads.

Earthly Adornments : Antique & Vintage Jewelry & Accessories. Bakelite jewelry, mourning jewelry, vintage czech glass beads, art deco jewelry.

Jewelry Caravan : Find Jewelry, ethnic jewelry, tribal jewelry, handmade jewelry, jade jewelry, pearl jewelry, freshwater pearls, amber jewelry, vintage jewelry, gemstone jewelry, trade beads, jade carvings, jadite jewelry, turquoise jewelry, coral jewelry at Jewelry Caravan.

JewelerCentral.com - links to jewelry directory resources and information websites.

OldBeads.com - beads and jewelry dating from antiquity to the present and specializing in the tribal

SPARKLES.COM : 1500 items of vintage costume jewelry, contemporary costume jewelry,  fine estate jewelry, and accessories.

Viking Trader: Viking Jewelry
Our jewelry is made by the distinguished Danish silversmiths
who have supplied jewelry replicas to Scandinavian museum shops since 1983.

Walsh Brothers: Silver Crosses and St. Christopher's.

Costume Jewelry History
And Jewelry Marks

History Websites

The Internet Sacred Text Archivehttp://www.sacred-texts.com

The Internet Ancient History Sourcebookhttp://www.fordham.edu/HALSALL/ancient/asbook.html

The Viking Answer Lady: http://www.vikinganswerlady.com

Viking History Website: http://www.arkeodok.com

Washington State University
World Civilizations (online classroom and anthology)
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/

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Jewelry and History Resources

Andrews, Carol.  Ancient Egyptian Jewelry.  New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1990.

Budge, Sir E. A. Wallis.  Amulets and Talismans.  New York: Citadel Press, 1968.

Dubin, Lois Sherr.  The History of Beads, from 30,000 B.C. to the present.  New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc,  1987.

Erikson, Joan Mowat.  The Universal Bead.  New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1969.

Ettinger, Roseann. Popular Jewelry 1840-1940, revised 3rd Edition. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd, 2002.

Gerlach, Martin.  Primitive and Folk Jewelry.  New York: Dover Publications,1971.

Grant, Campbell. The Rock Paintings of the Chumash: A Study of a California Indian Culture. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1965.

Gregorietti, Guido.  Jewelry Through the Ages.  New York: American Heritage Press, 1969.

Herm, Gerhard.  The Celts.  New York: 1975.

Kunz, George Frederick.  The Curious Lore of Precious Stones.  Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1913.

Lee, Georgia, PhD. The Chumash Cosmos: Effigies, Ornaments, Incised Stones and Rock Paintings of the Chumash Indians. Arroyo Grande, CA: Bear Flag Books, 1997.

Miller, Mary Ellen. The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec, Fourth edition. New York: Thames and Hudson, Inc, 2006.

Ogden, Jack.  Ancient Jewellery.  Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992.

Rezazadeh, Fred. Costume Jewelry: A Practical Handbook and Value Guide. Paducah, KY: Collector Books, 1998.

Romero, Christie. Warman's Jewelry: Identification and Price Guide, 3rd Edition. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.

Tait, Hugh, editor. 7000 Years of Jewelry. Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books, 2006.

Woodhead, Henry, editor. The First Americans. Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life Books, 1992.

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