More than 270,000 delicate shell beads recovered from the nearly 5,000-year-old "Ivory Lady" tomb in Spain represent the largest collection of beads ever found in the world, according to ...

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Archaeologists show that the Chumash Indians had been using shell beads as money for at least 800 years. As one of the most experienced archaeologists studying California's Native Americans, Lynn ...