| Sumario: | This paper examines the fabrication techniques used by the Jamaican Taino to make shell artefacts. Artefacts from three specific Taino sites were chosen for this detailed discussion; Chancery Hall, Martello Tower, and Booby North Point, the latter a previously unknown site. Various tools were investigated with a description of their uses and the evidence of these uses as they related to those specific artefacts. A consideration of new tool types for the Taino is also introduced, for example, a dual-stick saw and a shell twine stripping tool. The study of these techniques created further speculation as to whether or not these artefacts could have been produced by a special guild of craftspeople in a workshop environment. This area of study lends itself to a multi-disciplinary approach.
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