Shell Currency Was Part Of An Ancient Economy In The Channel

Based on Channel Islands artifacts, archaeologist Lynn Gamble argues the Chumash people were using a shell currency 2,000 years ago.

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When Seashells Were Money

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Microstructure Analysis and Chemical and Mechanical Characterization of the Shells of Three Freshwater Snails

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Phylogeography in an “oyster” shell provides first insights into the genetic structure of an extinct Ostrea edulis population

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