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TWO SUMMERS WORK IN PUEBLO RUINS 



[ETH. ANN. 22 



Unworked fr;iiiiiu'iits of liguite are rare, and the material appears 

 to have ])eeii lirouglit tu Chevlon from some distance, although it is 

 common in tlie rocks near tlie modern Hopi villages. 



Fto. 4.5. Lignite gorget. Sliglitly reduced. 



SHELL ORNAMENTS 



Tlie collections made in the summer of 189(5 Avere particularly rich 

 ill ornaments made from marine shells. The largest number of these 

 were found In the ruins at Chevlon and Chaves pass, although a con- 

 siderable number of specimens were collected from the ruins of the 

 Homolobi group. 



The shells tised in making these ornameuts belong to the Pacific 

 coast fauna, and no doubt came through barter to the people 

 who once inhabited the towns of the Little Colorado, for it is well 

 known that there Avas a considerable trade in early times in these 

 shells, and long trips were taken by the Pueblo Indians for trade 

 purposes. 



The intercourse of northern and southern peoples of Arizona 

 thi'ough trading expeditions continued to quite recent times, but 

 judging from the number of specimens which were found in 

 the ruins it must have been considerably greater in ijrehistoric 

 times than it is at present. In fact, much of the decline iu this 

 traffic is probably to be traced to the modification of the southern 

 Arizonian aborigines and the introduction of new ornaments by the 

 whites. 



One of the most highly prized of the.se inarine shells was a species 



