Shells as evidence of the migration of early culture / by J. Wilfrid Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, J. Wilfrid (John Wilfrid)

Series:

Publications of the University of Manchester. Ethnological ser. no. II.

Publications of the University of Manchester. Ethnological ser. no. II

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shells.

Purpura (Mollusks).

Musical instruments, Ancient.

Pearls.

Cowries.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 216 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : University Press ; London : Longmans, Green, 1917.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

The geographical distribution of the shell-purple industry

Shell-trumpets and their distribution in the Old and New world

The geographical distribution of the use of pearls and pearl-shell

The use of cowry-shells for the purposes of currency, amulets, and charms

Appendix

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

On verso of t.p.: Publications of the University of Manchester. no. CXII.

Reprinted, with additions, from the Proceedings of the Manchester literary and philosophical society.

"Bibliography of other recent memoirs dealing with the theory of the Migration of early culture": pages 209-210.

Other Format:

Online version: Jackson, J. Wilfrid (John Wilfrid) Shells as evidence of the migration of early culture.

OCLC:

1409546