**Shell Beads (n=36)**
Location: Town Creek site (31Mg2-3), Montgomery County, North Carolina.
Period: Mississippian, Pee Dee phase (AD 1150-1400).
Material: marine shell.
Dimensions: length, 19.7 cm; width, 17.0 cm (background size).
Notes: Catalog no. 1040a3267 (n=36). North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Model by Steve Davis and Sebastian Farris.