Erin,
My colleague Duane Esarey wrote his dissertation on what he calls "standardized marine shell" (wampum, runtees, etc.)  
It's titled 
Another kind of beads: A forgotten industry of the North American colonial period by Esarey, Duane Eugene, Ph.D., THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
Regards,
Jon

Jon Bernard Marcoux, Ph.D.
Salve Regina University
Noreen Stonor Drexel Cultural and Historic Preservation Program
Department of Art and Art History
Department of Cultural, Environmental, and Global Studies
100 Ochre Court Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
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Erin,

Check out Herbert C.  Kraft *The Lenape-Delaware Indian Heritage* 2001  It has several good references for your region.

Bill Liebeknecht
Regional Manager
Dovetail Cultural Resource Group
Wilmington Delaware

On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 1:43 PM, Erin Becker <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
> I am working on an honors thesis at Stony Brook University. I am 
> looking for cataloged collections which include wampum, shell, and 
> glass beads, either published, unpublished, or in the gray literature. 
> Would anyone be able to point me to any relevant sources of 
> information? I am looking specifically at the Long Island Sound 
> Culture Area and Western New York during the Precontact and the 
> Contact- Historic Periods. I am interested specifically in relative 
> quantities and manufacturing especially from dated contexts.
>
>
> Thank you!
>
>
> Best,
>
> Erin Becker
>



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