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Other Mill Creek and Glenwood artifacts are                                                                   A small handful of exquisitely beautiful bone, antler,
distinctly different. These differences reflect access                                                        and shell items, perhaps offers clues to the aesthetics,
to specific raw materials, variations in manufacturing                                                        ceremony, and ideology of these early communities.
techniques, the nature and timing of external                                                                 They also suggest directions of trade.
contacts, and cultural preferences and traditions.

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