5/17/2023 0 Comments Phallic charmstone![]() In other words, following the c: formity) and raw material relationships may prove to be reli termination of the Windmiller Pattern, borrowing from Phebus Ii ([ able prospects in tracking continuity and cultural diffusion (1973:29), "it would seem their function, whatever, was more within respective time periods across a participatory realm. With Such ambiguities as enumerated above may indicate a change '\1i further typological analysis, stylistic conformity (or non-con over time concerning usage. 'II are able to follow a special tradition and its application. One of the unique aspects of charms tones is components and sometit"es beyond what is regarded as the til their discrete pattern of distribution. g., Heizer 1949:19 - a Ragir Type A charm types, specifically body and end modification(s) and raw mate stone recovered at the Hotchkiss mound, CCo-138), or coo st rial selection shared by two or more sites can reflect direct cul versely, plummet-shaped "objects" being found in Early Period c: tural relations. It is suggested common to the Windmiller Pattern found in sites of a later here that distinct stylistic expressions of principal charmstone time period (e. For example, perforated spindle charmstones site to site formal variation of charmstones. The first centers on the One other misleading aspect centers around "hcirlooming." fo presumed function of these objects second, on economic fac Heirlooming, as defined here, is a principal type that by either tors including raw material relationships and manufacturing inheritance, exchange, or scavenging, may defy accurate tempo processes and finally, and of primary concern in this paper, ral assignments. UI My prolonged interest in charms tones of central California ~ has focused on three areas of inquiry. ![]() "'W u~ co Introduction was overshadowed (but affirmed) by her emphasis on statistical ell analysis of projectile points (Ragir 1972:105). III Geographic distributional patterns of a whole range of shell bead and charmstone types resemble each other, and the latter eli especially point to some sort of spiritual unity within a wide area in central California. Shell beads and ornaments can distin pr1 guish reliably certain social usages or vogues at a given phase in time within a "complex whole" (Bennyhoff 1986:68). Antioch, California 94509 we du ABSTRACT in! Qll Rather than attempting to equate charmstones with shell beads as a reliable factor in determining temporal sequences, p~ it seems useful to suggest that charmstones are uniquely representational of special relationships between cultures of two qll or more localities, no matter how distantly separated they may be from each other. Lcx vis BUSSING TABLES AND STACKING PLATES: A BRIEF REVIEW tf.K OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA CHARMSTONES AS CULTURAL TRACERS dif the Peter T.
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