I would first check with the authors of the paper to make sure that none of the shell bead images were accidentally “flipped” at some point. I say that because on the image that shows all of the grave goods as they were originally found, placed in relationship with one another, I don’t see any shells with left-handed coiling.

Susan

> On Dec 26, 2023, at 5:23 PM, Allen Aigen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Baby Buried With Care 10,000 Years Ago Found in Italian Cave | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine <https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/10000-year-old-burial-of-baby-found-in-italian-cave-180979224/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=49217142&spUserID=MTA5MDI1MDgzNTAzMQS2&spJobID=2602403751&spReportId=MjYwMjQwMzc1MQS2>
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> Baby Buried With Care 10,000 Years Ago Found in Italian Cave
> Smithsonian Magazine
> The rare interment suggests that some hunter-gatherer societies imbued female infants with full personhood
>  <https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/10000-year-old-burial-of-baby-found-in-italian-cave-180979224/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=49217142&spUserID=MTA5MDI1MDgzNTAzMQS2&spJobID=2602403751&spReportId=MjYwMjQwMzc1MQS2>
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> Note that the Columbella rustica beads pictured are 50% sinistral.  Is this common Mediterranean species often found with sinistral specimens, or was the collector choosing the odd shells because they are rare and therefore more valuable?
> 
> Allen Aigen
> Staten Island, NY
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