Definition: American archaeologist Lynn Ceci can be credited with injecting cultural components into the study of shells. Ceci combined ethnographic and historical sources of Native American societies with archaeological investigations of sites in the northeastern United States to produce interesting scientific studies of items such as shell beads, trade, and wampum. Her best contribution to the field was probably her attempts to separate out impacts of European colonials from indigenous Native cultural processes.
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This glossary entry is part of the Dictionary of Archaeology. Sources for the term include the references listed on the front page of the Dictionary, and the websites listed in the sidebar.
