Shell Identifications (See plate XXII)
Glycymeris maculatus Broderip. Pacific Coast.
Fragments of Glycymeris are the most numerous shell remains
from this Chaco site. These were all employed for bracelets of the
regular variety as mentioned before. There is, however, one remnant
which may be a pendant cut from the rim of Glycymeris in the
Mimbres manner.
Olivella dama Gray. Pacific Coast.
The familiar Olivella shell beads are to be found in fair numbers
from Tseh So. These have been perforated by abrading away
the point of the columella in the usual manner. Olivella shell
beads may be found sporadically on the surface and in the ant
hills of the vicinity.
Strombus gracilior Sow. Pacific Coast.
or
Strombus pugilis Linn. Atlantic Coast.
A single pendant of Strombus occurred in Ruin 51 with no
definite association. It is circular, with one perforation, and displays
clearly the marks of the abrading tool upon its surfaces.
Unidentified.
Several dozen disk beads of shell defy definite identification.
Some of them, from their thickness, most certainly must be referred
to larger species than those represented above. Others
may possibly have been cut and perforated from sections of
Glycymeris.
