Continued contact with Native Americans wearing gold jewellery eventually result in Spanish expeditions of the mythological El Dorado. In Northern America, Native Americans used shells, wood, turquoise, and soapstone The turquoise was used in necklaces and to be positioned in earrings. The turquoise included into Mesoamerican jewellery was primarily obtained through trade with Oasisamerica. Native Americans with entry to oyster shells, often positioned in only one location in America, traded the shells with different tribes, displaying the great importance of the body adornment trade in Northern America. Another ancient American civilization with expertise in jewellery making were the Maya. During …
