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DESCRIPTION:-------- WEDS TALKS: THE MEANING AND USE OF SHELL BEADS AMONG T
 HE CHUMASH AND  OTHER CALIFORNIA INDIANS [1] -----------------------------
 -----------\n\n**\n\n\n*ABSTRACT: *The Chumash Indians of southern Califor
 nia made and used beads of  stone, bone, and shell for over 8,000 years
 , but what did they use them for?  Beads were used as a form of adornment
  and eventually as a currency. They  also served to integrate people separ
 ated by long distances. In some areas of  California, beads were brought 
 for regularly scheduled feasts to help with  the expenses of the dancers,
  musicians, and the food provided. More than 22  species of shell beads c
 an be found in California. Some types were used as  money by the Chumash. 
 Beads made on the Northern Channel Islands were traded  widely, as far as
  the Bay Area and even the Southwestern United States. The  context and sh
 ifting uses of beads are reviewed, and an earlier date for the  first use
  of money in North America is proposed.\n\n*BIO:* Lynn H. Gamble is Profes
 sor Emerita of Anthropology at the University  of California, Santa Barba
 ra and has been active in anthropological  archaeology, with a focus in C
 alifornia, for over 45 years.\n\nHer interests include shell bead money a
 nd ornamentation, emergence of  inequality, cultural and ritual landscap
 es, social identity, mortuary  patterns, long distance exchange, ritua
 l and sociopolitical complexity,  culture contact, climate change, and 
 long-term transformations among  hunter-gatherer societies. She focuses on
  the archaeology of the Santa  Barbara Channel region and the emergence of
  complexity among  hunter-gatherers. One of her significant publications i
 s the book The Chumash  World at European Contact: Power, Trade, and Fea
 sting Among Complex  Hunter-Gatherers with University of California Press.
  In addition, she is  author of over 70 articles, chapters, edited volu
 mes, and monographs. Recent  articles that focus on shell beads include “
 The Origin and Use of Shell  Bead Money in California' (2020) and “Navigat
 ing Cooperative Marketplaces:  the Chumash Indians and the Dynamics of Hun
 ting/Gathering/Fishing  Economies” (2025).\n\nDate: Wednesday, February 1
 1, 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Contact Name: Sumiji Takaha
 hshi\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Contact Phone: 310-825-4169\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Conta
 ct Email: sutakahashi@ioa.ucla.edu\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Registration: registr
 ation not required\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Events Tags: Pizza Talk [2]\n\n\n\n\n
 \n\n\n\n Location: Fowler A222 (Seminar Room)\n\n[1] https://www.ioa.ucla.
 edu/content/weds-talks-meaning-and-use-shell-beads-among-chumash-and-other
 -california-indians [2] https://www.ioa.ucla.edu/event-tags/pizza-talk
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260211T120000
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LOCATION:Fowler A222 (Seminar Room)
SUMMARY:WEDS TALKS: The Meaning and Use of Shell Beads among the Chumash an
 d other  California Indians
URL;TYPE=URI:https://www.ioa.ucla.edu/content/weds-talks-meaning-and-use-sh
 ell-beads-among-chumash-and-other-california-indians
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