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Classification and Interpretation of Marine Shell Artifacts from Western Mexico

Robert Novella

出版	Tempus Reparatum, 1995
主題	Crafts & Hobbies / Nature CraftsHistory / Latin America / MexicoHistory / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)Social Science / Archaeology
ISBN	08605480319780860548034
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=xO0UAAAAYAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

An investigation into the functional and symbolic uses of shells during the pre-conquest era in the Occidente region of Mexico. The author first provides a classification list of known examples, then proceeds to interpret those examples, giving information on provenance, find context, date and function. He concludes that the presence of shell artefacts in the region is the result of a deliberate selection of that material - since the species represented were of relatively little food value - for functional/symbolic purposes.