The Moche people of ancient Peru worshipped animals and the sea, and often depicted " Spondylus " shells in their art.
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Spondylus was used in elite rituals, and the effective redistribution of it had political effect in the Andes during the pre-Hispanic times.
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Beginning as early as 7000 BC, the domestication of cacao, cinnabar, " Spondylus " shells, hematite, and ceramics.
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The burial was accompanied by offerings of 44 ceramic vessels, jaguar pelts, spondylus shells, 10 paintpots and one or more hieroglyphic books, now decayed.
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Liks scallops, " Spondylus " spp . have multiple eyes around the edges of their shells, and have relatively well-developed nervous systems.
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In one of the walls of the Room there is a niche and two small depressions within that, containing spondylus shell ( Silverman 1993, 179 ).
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All of them contain or contained offertory items, mainly containers or caches of maize, spondylus shell, huarango pods, and blue-painted aj?peppers.
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It was associated with the sea, rainfall, and fertility . " Spondylus " shells were also highly valued and traded by the Chim?people.
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""'Dynowarz : Destruction of Spondylus " "'is a game developed and published by Bandai for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
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The findings showed that the Varna culture had trade relations with distant lands, possibly including the spondylus shells found in the graves may have served as primitive currency.
