Quantum Leaps in the Field of Beadwork since ca. 30,000 BCE

Valerie begins a series of posts devoted to major advances in the field of beadwork that she thinks of as “quantum leaps” or game-changing advances. Quantum Leap #1 might well be the development of bead embroidery. The earliest surviving evidence - from ca. 26,000 BC - was found at an archaeological site in Sungir, a town not far from Moscow. Beading historian Valerie Hector discusses this amazing find.