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The purplish shells of quahogs, treasured in the past by Native Americans, now appear alongside gold, mother-of-pearl and onyx. By Jill Newman For centuries Native Americans treasured quahog shells, ...

Keri Ataumbi, a member of the Kiowa Tribe, uses shells and horn as well as gold and diamonds. By Janelle Conaway Reporting from Santa Fe, N.M. Keri Ataumbi loves to work with gold, silver and diamonds ...

Between 55,000 and 42,000 years ago, the Châtelperronian people lived in what is now modern-day France and northern Spain. Their tool industry is among the earliest known from this part of the world ...