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shell specimens can be traced to direct Hohokam introductions.
Cameron Creek Ruin had many thin specimens (Bradfleld 1931:
58), Halanowan (Zuni area) at least three (Tower 19^5' 30),
the Swarts Ruin many, some incised (Cosgrove 1932, 65-66,
PI. 72), Mattocks Ruin had thin bracelets and rings (Nesbitt
1931j PI- ^1)» and thick specimens came from the Starkweather
Ruin (Nesbitt 1938» PI- ^9)- Thick varieties were also found
at Foot Canyon Pueblo (Rinaldo 1959? 26*0, and both types at
Higgins Plat Pueblo (Martin et al. 1956: 112-13), Thick
bracelets are thus found more commonly in late Mogolion sites,
and are common shell artifacts in this culture.
Among the Sinagua, such bracelets and rings were found
in numbers at Winona Village (Mc.Gregor 19^1: 221-22), but the
thin variety was typical here of the later levels of the site.
Few bracelets were found in the early levels, perhaps indicating
that this artifact was not common in the Sinagua area until
late in the sequence. However j, some Pueblo II specimens are
known. Bartlett lists 16 fragments (193^: 61). Incised brace­
lets are found, similar to the Wupatki examples. It would seem
that at Winona and Ridge ruins we find the first concentrations
of shell in the Sinagua area, and this large site complex is
indeed of partial Hohokam affiliation. However, while thick
shell bracelets were common at this time among the Hohokam,
thin shell varieties were always preferred by the Sinagua.