WUPATKI PUEBLO: A STUDY IN CULTURAL FUSION AND ...

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^5 1)» as well as three of Polinlces reclusianus Desh. (Fig.
^ i), and one each of fossil Crlnoid stem {Pig. m),
Agronica testaoea Lam. (Fig. ^5 2.)» Trivia solandrla Gray,
Ollvella blpllcata Sowarby, and Columbella ma .lor Sowerby
(Fig. §5 £)#' - These shell types are small and were treated
similarly in manufacture. The Ollvella, Columbella, and
Agronica were ground smoothly at the whorl end, and strung
lengthwise through the hollow longitudinal canal of the shell,
the typical manufacturing method for Ollvella beads in the
Southwest and California. At Wupatki„ however, there are
three different types of Ollvella beads. In one, the shell
was ground smoothly at the tip; in the second, about one-third
of the top of the bead was ground away up to the widest point
of its circumference, producing a barrel-shaped bead; in the
third, the bottom half of the shell was ground away, as well
as a portion of the whorl end, producing a small cylindrical
bead.
Types 1 and 3 are equally common, while type 2 is found
only one-half as frequently. There seems little point in
making an exact count of such beads. There are nine strands
of 2kr or more beads, obviously necklaces or bracelets, and
groups of such beads were found in ^-1 other localities through­
out the site. Some strands Include only one type, but all
three bead types are strung together on some strands, fre­
quently along with disc, long, and figure 8 shell beads,