Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1976

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Sears, William H.

Abstract

Busycon contrarium has a wide distribution through both time and space in Midwestern Archaeological sites. The areas of maximum occurrence ·for this shell are the coastal areas from Monroe to Gulf County along the Florida Gulf Coast. The most probable source of this shell for trade to Midwestern archaeological sites was the Apalachicola Bay area. As this shell was traded inland to Midwestern Archaeological sites it was consistently incorporated into a sacred class of artifacts. Its utilization as a ceremonial vessel in busk or Green Corn ceremonies is the most probable reason for its wide distribution through both time and space in so many different cultures of the Eastern United States.

Extent

189 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1976.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT13789

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