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

cut from the hinge area of one of the thicker shells, such
as -Glycymeris.
Disc Beads—Small. Small disc "beads are the most
common variety. At the minimum, more than 600 such beads
were found, including at least four complete strands, one
of necklace length, and the other three, 1, 3» s^id 5 inches
ill diameter, probably bracelets. One has stone beads and
barrel-shaped shell beads as pendants (Fig. a). These
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generally white or red beads are well smoothed, circular, and
vary from 2-5 mm* in diameter. Their central hole is at least
one-half or more the diameter of the shell. The beads are
1-3 mm. thick (2 mm. average). At least 30 specimens or
small groups of this type of bead were found (Pig. *14 a, b, f).
Disc Beads—Large. Large disc.beads are thin in pro­
portion to their size, varying from 2-k mm. in thickness, and
8-11 mm. in diameter. They are gray, white, tan, yellow, and
an artificial purple, and the central hole is one-quarter to
one-half the diameter of the total size of the bead. All 13
of the dyed purple beads were found on a strand near Burial
23, and at least 1? instances of beads of the other colors are
noted (Fig. ^ i,, k).
Disc Beads—Triangular in Section. The best made of
the large disc beads were 7-11 mm. in diameter, and were tri­
angular in section. They are thin, varying from 1-3 mm.