Conversations with a Curator - Economy of the Chumash: Shell Bead

SB Museum features exhibit halls focusing on regional natural history (birds, insects, mammals, marine life, paleontology), Native Americans, and antique natural history art. In addition there is a life-size Blue Whale skeleton #naturallydifferent

Archaeologist: Chumash Indians Used Highly Worked Shell Beads as Currency 2,000 Years Ago, Homes & Lifestyle

Full article: The Lang Ranch Sites: New Data on the Early to Middle Period Occupation of the Inland Ventureño Chumash in Alta California

Chumash Indians of Santa Barbara

Chumash burial ground, Santa Barbara, California

PDF) The origin and use of shell bead money in California

This hand-powered stone drill is making money: shell bead money, to be precise. 💰 The Chumash people produced shell beads for thousands of years in the

Chumash Indians of Santa Barbara

VOICE Magazine: April 16, 2021 by Voice Magazine / CASA - Issuu

Ventura County Archaeological Society

Sacred Art in the Age of Contact by Santa Barbara Historical Museum - Issuu

AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO MORTUARY ANALYSIS: SOCIAL AND SYMBOLIC DIMENSIONS OF CHUMASH BURIAL PRACTICES. - Document - Gale Academic OneFile