id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
ebl-979	Gillreath-Brown, Andrew; Peres, Tanya M.	Identifying Turtle Shell Rattles in the Archaeological Record of the Southeastern United States	2017	6	.pdf	application/pdf	3416	196	53	Therefore, we integrate information about turtle shell rattles from ethnographic and ethnohistor- ic accounts of turtle shell rattle use and archaeological occurrences of turtle rattles to give researchers a foundation for evaluating fragmentary turtle remains and understanding turtle shell rattles in archaeofaunal samples in the southeastern United States. Since turtle shell rattles are generally associated with ritual, ceremonial, and mortuary activity, proper identifica- tion is important for indigenous groups, who may be able to claim cultural items under the Native Ameri- Turtle or tortoise (Testudines) shell rattles are percussion instruments used by indigenous peoples in ceremonial contexts to keep rhythm and are symbols of group beliefs (Jackson and Levine 2002; Figure 1).	cache/ebl-979.pdf	txt/ebl-979.txt