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Shell Fishhooks, Saint Nicholas Island, CaliforniaJohn Weinstein, © The Field Museum
Shell fish hooks, South Coastal Californians (3000 BC-AD 900), California
These fishhooks were made from AD 900-1600 off the southern coast of California on Saint Nicholas Island. These curved shell hooks are an improvement from the earlier straight hooks, and were adapted in order to catch ocean fish more successfully.
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