Shell Gorget (1965rp3)

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RLA Archaeology
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2017-11-05
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**Shell gorget (replica)** Location: Nelson mound (31Cw1), Caldwell County, North Carolina. Period: Late Precontact (AD 1400-1600). Material: marine shell. Dimensions: length, 67.4 mm; width, 65.5 mm; thickness, 13.9 mm. Notes: Catalog no. 1965rp3. Original artifact (catalog # 82855) is in the US National Museum of Natural History, Washington. Modeled replica is from the North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Model by Abigail Gancz.