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Noble ladies enjoying Kai-awase. Print of Metropolitan Museum of Art (Kitagawa Utamaro / CC0) — 07 Mar 2022

Kai-Awase: Elegant Shell Matching Pastime Of The Nobility During Heian Japan

*By MartiniF*

*Archaeology & Science*

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Coming in an infinite number of shapes and colors, seashells have been used as a medium of exchange for centuries in a variety of locations, such as many...
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Piles of clamshells (Schvin/CC BY 2.0), background: men in a Curragh, a skin boat (WilliamMurphy/CC BY-SA 2.0);Deriv. — 25 Aug 2017

Seafarers and Shell Rings: Strange Formations on the American Coast a Hallmark of Faraway Visitors?

*By jim willis*

*Archaeology & Science*

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Just south of Awendaw, South Carolina, in the Francis Marion National Forest, is an example of a type of architectural artifact that still baffles archaeologists. For every explanation someone offers up, there are many more that refute it. He...
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shells

Kai-Awase: Elegant Shell Matching Pastime Of The Nobility During Heian Japan

Seafarers and Shell Rings: Strange Formations on the American Coast a Hallmark of Faraway Visitors?