Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, Vol. 38, No. 2 (2018), pp. 261-272 (12 pages) Olivella-shell grooved rectangular beads, or series beads as classified by Bennyhoff and Hughes (1987) ...

PEOPLE living in what is now California may have been the first Americans to invent money, according to a new analysis of shell beads produced 2000 years ago by the Chumash, a Native American ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Pilaster 6. Contents of offering: 21 ...

Olivella shell saucer beads from the Middle Period of the Santa Barbara Channel region. It is likely that beads of this type were the first form of money used in western North America starting around ...

As the world's leading authority on beads manufactured from shells by California's Chumash Indians, UCLA archaeologist Jeanne Arnold was stumped by a series of anomalous artifacts excavated at former ...