Copper Gorget (71a923)

Description

** Copper Gorget** Location: Town Creek site (31Mg2-3), Montgomery County, North Carolina. Period: Mississippian, Pee Dee phase (AD 1150-1350). Material: copper alloy. Dimensions: diameter, 38.6 mm; thickness, 8.5 mm. Notes: Catalog no. 71a923. North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Model by Sebastian Farris.