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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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