3 Hohokam Shell Bracelets


Hohokam Carved Shell Bracelet With remnant turquoise mosaic overlay

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.


3 Hohokam Shell Bracelets

Some of the most common artifacts found on all of the ancient Hohokam sites in southern Arizona, and upon many of the Pueblo sites further to the north in both Arizona and New Mexico, are the thin, well-made bracelets, earrings and finger rings, fashioned from the Glycimeris shell.


4 Prehistoric Hohokam Shell Bracelets & 6 Shells

Hohokam Frog Head Shell Bracelet with extra shell bracelet, ca. 1250 ad., big bracelet is approx: 3.5"wide and the small bracelet is approx: 2"wide


Very Rare Hohokam Shell Frog Bracelet

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


The Last Word On Nothing Confessions of an Artifact Hunter

The Hohokam were an ancient Native American tribe located in the present U.S. state of Arizona. They thrived between A.D. ~200-1400. They created beautiful shell jewelry including necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings and pendants. Many pieces of jewelry contained turquoise.


A25 PERFECT G10 ARIZONA SHELL BRACELET ANASAZI HOHOKAM PURCHASED FROM

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.


Two Hohokam 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 shell bracelet and shell ornaments at Arizona State Museum

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


3 Hohokam Shell Bracelets

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


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.


HOHOKAM INDIAN SHELL BRACELETS

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.


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


2.6" Hohokam Shell Bracelet, Arizona, Glued

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

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 that—it is ancient jewelry! It is likely this once belonged to a member of the Hohokam culture.


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.


4 Prehistoric Hohokam Shell Bracelets & 6 Shells

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