First shells collectors seems to be inhabitant of some caves in France
about thirty thousand years ago. In this cave was found wearing necklaces of
shells which could only have been gathered from Atlantic or Mediterranean
shores.
All the best
Riccardo Giannuzzi Savelli




>The Question Man Asks:
>      It appears to us that Shell cvollecting is a relatively new
>sport. That is---there doesn't appear to be many records predating
>Linne.
>      But is this so?
>      Are there records of collectors dating back to the middle ages?
>Kings? Crusaders? Japanese Emperors? Would Patrice Bail or Tom
>Eichorst know?  Are there musty non-displayable conchs hidden in
>places even the curators no longer frequent?
>      Wouldn't it be interesting---if----
>    The Q Man
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