4 Prehistoric Hohokam Shell Bracelets & 6 Shells


Hohokam Replica Bracelet Primitive Lifeways

Beads and pendants made from whole shells and ornaments made from cut or ground shells were quite popular throughout the Hohokam era. But the ornament form that sets the Hohokam apart from other groups is the shell bracelet, which was made from the Glycymeris shell, also known as the bittersweet clam. Spondylus pendant from Valencia Vieja


Hohokam Carved Shell Bracelet With remnant turquoise mosaic overlay

Ancient Hohokam Shell Jewelry by Arizona Jones in Artifacts, Hohokam on January 31, 2021 When you look at this, what do you see? The most obvious answer is a shell, but it is more than thatโ€”it is ancient jewelry! It is likely this once belonged to a member of the Hohokam culture.


4 Prehistoric Hohokam Shell Bracelets & 6 Shells

It is only in higher-value, lower-quantity artifact classes that hints appear: Hohokam shell jewelry, a Hohokam cotton garment, and other things of that nature appear at Chaco Canyon. Inter-elite exchange would probably be marked by precious materials that seldom survive: cotton, cacao, macaw feathers, or by exchange of marriage partners.


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The vast majority of the shell used in the Hohokam region came from the Gulf of California and they obtained the raw pieces through direct trade. Shell crafting began in southern Arizona and northwest Mexico around 1200-850 B.C. These early forms were basic geometric shaped pendants and beads.


2.6" Hohokam Shell Bracelet, Arizona, Glued

A common artifact found on many Hohokam sites is the carved shell bracelet (more probably armlets) made from a whole Glycymeris (a type of bivalve-clam) shell that came from the Gulf of California. Hohokam artisans used no fewer than 43 genera and 62


Hohokam shell bracelet and shell ornaments at Arizona State Museum

About This Object Hohokam bracelets were crafted from Glycymeris shell from the Gulf of California. The ubiquity of these bracelets, coupled with the observation that they come in various sizes, suggests that they were worn by everyone from young children to adults. Bracelets were cut from the shell, then abraded and polished.


3 Hohokam Shell Bracelets

Origins Where did Hohokam culture come from? To the first scientists who asked this question, the Hohokam seemed to appear in Arizona quite suddenly with the ability to build sophisticated irrigation system to water their crops. Early archaeologists proposed that Hohokam culture developed in Mexico and moved into what is now Arizona.


Two Hohokam Shell Bracelets

Bracelet manufactured from a Glycymeris valve. Top edge and exterior surface show deep, multidirectional grinding striations. Red hematite pigment on lower.


HOHOKAM INDIAN SHELL BRACELETS

Hallmarks include brown or buff-colored pottery decorated with reddish, ochre (hematite)-based paint; a highly developed tradition of shell jewelry manufacturing that included carved pendants; a growing a variety of crops, including maize (corn), various beans, squashes, and cotton, which were often irrigated by a complex system of canals and re.


Hohokam bracelets Infinity of Nations Art and History in the

Shell bracelet. Expand/collapse. Descriptive. Browse Topic Art and Creative Works Native Americans Subject Hohokam culture--Arizona Hohokam Expressway (Phoenix, Ariz.) Description Bracelet manufactured from a Glycymeris valve. Top edge and exterior surface show deep, multidirectional grinding striations. Red hematite pigment on lower edge of.


HOHOKAM INDIAN SHELL BRACELETS R. G. Munn Auction LLC

Bracelet manufactured from a Glycymeris valve. Top edge and exterior surface show some striations from smoothing and shaping, areas where upper portion of.


The Last Word On Nothing Confessions of an Artifact Hunter

The Hohokam made a 400-mile, round-trip-journey on foot collecting their favorite shell, the Glycymeris, a bivalve clam. Archaeologist Ronald Beckwith states Hohokam used no fewer than sixty-two species of marine shells for their jewelry.


HOHOKAM INDIAN SHELL BRACELETS

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Two Hohokam Shell Bracelets

Details Title: Shell Bracelet Creator: Hohokam Date: 1100/1450 Physical Location: Pueblo Grande Archaeological Site, Phoenix, Arizona, United States Type: shell Explore museums and play with.


3 Hohokam Shell Bracelets

Hohokam Pottery and Jewelry. Examples of Hohokam jewelry. The ancestral Sonoran Desert people created beautiful shell jewelry including necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings and pendants. Some of the shells were inlaid with turquoise and others had beautiful designs. To create raised designs on the shells, they used a technique called etching.


A25 PERFECT G10 ARIZONA SHELL BRACELET ANASAZI HOHOKAM PURCHASED FROM

The Hohokam culture consisted on a large civilization who created monumental structures throughout southern Arizona. Hohokam people were master craftspeople.

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