mostly bone beads, etc.

[larson1951]

I found this old frame of beads and some shell game pieces, etc
I don't know if I posted this before but here goes
the red ones are scoria which is found in western north dakota about 50 miles east of the montana border
the round dark ones are pipestone (only dark in the top image) because the lighting is wrong
the bone pieces with the holes drilled in the end are bracelet ends
I believe there are 2 camella shell beads (middle left)

[GL]

I would faint, fart and fall dead if I found even a single bead. If I found all the things you find I would probably have a stroke on the spot.

[Bluesy]

Wow, those are beautiful. Thank you for sharing them. I have only found one little tubular bone bead and it sure looks lonely compared to all of yours, lol.

[The Grim Reaper]

Larson, what you referring to as Camella Beads are actually called Marginella Shell Beads.

Here is a picture of some of mine and a link to some others. Mine are the ones right above the Bone Awl and on the left hand side of the line of Beads above that.

Nice tray of Beads by the way.


http://www.museum.state.il.us/RiverW...ell-beads.html

[paleojoe]

Very nice Bone and shell Artifacts. Never get tired of seeing them,or finding them. Thanks for sharing them with us.

[SoIll]

Very nice Bone and shell Artifacts. Never get tired of seeing them,or finding them. Thanks for sharing them with us.

me too

[Newt]

Very nice Bone and shell Artifacts. Never get tired of seeing them,or finding them. Thanks for sharing them with us.

me too

Me three.
Newt

[coteau]

As Dorkfish stated the two seashells are Marginella shells. I'm not sure what ocean they originated from though.

The tube-shaped shells below the bracelet ends are Dentalium shells from the northwest coast, probably from the Oregon coast or Vancouver Island area. Dentalium shells were used mainly for hair and clothing ornaments.

Prehistoric trade items (shells mainly) are well documented in the Dakotas. Professionals have identified seashells from sites in the Dakotas that have come from the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Gulf of California.

The local gastropod shells we find here were also commonly used as ornaments.

[Neanderthal]

He may have meant columella beads - made from the spherical central column of a conch shell.

I just want you to know that I hate you, Larson, Steve, and all of you who find such fine bone and shell items so easily in your area! Those are wonderful pieces and I really do enjoy seeing them. We don't really find much in the way of perishables here and I'm very jealous.

[silvercop]

nice finds

[coteau]

He may have meant columella beads - made from the spherical central column of a conch shell.

I have found one Columella shell bead, similar to the cut and drilled ones at the bottom of this pic. I think it's amazing that shells from the coasts were traded into North Dakota hundreds and thousands of years ago...