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Shells as evidence of the migration of early culture
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Shells as evidence of the migration of early culture

Author: J Wilfrid Jackson
Publisher: Manchester : University Press; London : Longmans, Green, 1917.
Series: Publications of the University of Manchester, 112.
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Jackson, J. Wilfrid (John Wilfrid)
Shells as evidence of the migration of early culture.
Manchester : University Press; London : Longmans, Green, 1917
(OCoLC)614625850
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: J Wilfrid Jackson
OCLC Number: 1409546
Notes: On verso of t.p.: Publications of the University of Manchester. no. CXII.
Reprinted, with additions, from the Proceedings of the Manchester literary and philosophical society.
Description: xxviii, 216 p. : ill., maps, plates ; 22 cm.
Contents: Preface--Introduction--The geographical distribution of the shell-purple industry--Shell-trumpets and their distribution in the Old and New world--The geographical distribution of the use of pearls and pearl-shell--The use of cowry-shells for the purposes of currency, amulets, and charms--Appendix--Bibliography--Index.
Series Title: Publications of the University of Manchester, 112.
Responsibility: by J. Wilfrid Jackson.

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