**Olivella shell bead**
Location: Town Creek site (31Mg2-3), Montgomery County, North Carolina.
Period: Mississippian (AD 1150-1400).
Material: marine shell.
Dimensions: length, 51.2 mm; width, 21.4 mm; thickness, 17.9 mm.
Notes: Catalog no. 71a785 (specimen 1 of 2). North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Model by Abigail Gancz.