SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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They did not use pieces of shells or quahogs to make anything from.
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They only made clam chowder, and threw the shells back into the ocean.
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They used the shells to make wampum.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The clams were harvested in the summer, their meat consumed, and the shells were then worked into beads. Wampum beads were difficult to make back then.
Detailed explanation-2: -Wampum-which comes from a Narragansett (Algonquian language family) word meaning a string of white shell beads-are tubular beads manufactured from Atlantic coast seashells. While a variety of shells may be used, most often the white shells are formed from the whelk shell and the purple from the quahog clam shell.
Detailed explanation-3: -wampum, tubular shell beads that have been assembled into strings or woven into belts or embroidered ornaments, formerly used as a medium of exchange by some North American Indians.
Detailed explanation-4: -What is Wampum? Most simply, wampum are beads made from various white and purple mollusk shells which were and are still used by various Native nations throughout northeastern North America for ornamental or ceremonial use.
Detailed explanation-5: -Quahog shells were used by Native Americans to make a kind of shell bead called wampum. These beads were made from the dark purple portion of the quahog (hardshell clam) by skilled artisans.