Shell
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Dec 1966
label: Collection Date
content: 1966 to 1967
name: label: Collector
content: Richard K. Meyer
label: Donor Name
content: Richard K. Meyer
label: Site Name
content: Craig Mound
notes: label: Notes
content: LARGE HOLE IN SIDE. ACCORDING TO APRIL SIEVERT, CONTRACT RESEARCHER, THIS MAY BE A PREFORM FOR GORGETS, ETC. SURFACE ERODED. WEIGHT: 486.6 GRAMS.
label: Notes
content: Style: Unengraved Raw Material 2: Busycon Element: Complete with body hole Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Drilled outside in Design: Apical hole near mid-rim Surface Modification: Smoothed Use Trace: Hole in face in center of weathered portion. Could be from intentional "killing" or from taphonomic process if this is the point the shell rested upon in the mound. Comments Part of late addition to Meyer accession.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Oct 2015
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Spiro, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Native American, Ca. 1250 A.D.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A542538-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shell
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 486.6 g
label: Length - Object
content: ca. 23.9 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 15.7 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 12 cm