Shell Gorget (71a833)

Description

**Shell gorget** Location: Town Creek site (31Mg2-3), Montgomery County, North Carolina. Period: Mississippian (AD 1150-1400). Material: marine shell. Dimensions: length, 76.0 mm; width, 68.3 mm; thickness, 7.4 mm. Notes: Catalog no. 71a833, North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Model by Abigail Gancz.