FACSIMILE REPRINT - Rarest volume of the Beauchamp series on New York Archaeology. Everything you ever wanted to know about wampum and shell articles.
Beauchamp on Shell
The aborigines of the Pacific states had the Denta1ium for money and ornament, but used the iridescent Ha1iotis to a great extent. The Indians of the plains depended mainly on the eastern coast for what they used. A few northern shells were available, but the material for a large proportion of New York articles came from the south Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico. These were most in use in the historic period. Few from the southern coast which are over 300 years old have been found here. Except as beads, shells were little used as ornaments in New York before that time. Yet this state was celebrated for the abundance of its wampum 250 years ago, partly from the stimulus given to its manufacture by the whites, and partly from the numbers and large size of one mollusk, by which it was supplied.
This 6-1/2" x 9-1/2", 218 page, soft cover, facsimile reprint is illustrated with 28 full page plates. - FACSIMILE REPRINT
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