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Mogollon Pendent

National Park Service, Museum Management Program

National Park Service, Museum Management Program
United States

This shell pendent found at Gila Cliff Dwellings shows the level of craftsmanship and love of decoration found among the Mogollon Culture in the late 1200s and early 1300s.

The shell also highlights the long-distance trade of this period. The shell is of the catarina scallop (Aequipecten circularis), a salt water shellfish found in the Gulf of California, several hundred miles from the Gila Cliff Dwellings.

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  • Title: Mogollon Pendent
  • Contributor: Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
  • Park Website: Park Website
  • National Park Service Catalog Number: GICL 115
  • Measurements: L 3.0, W 1.5 cm
  • Material: Shell
  • Date: ca. 1280–1300
National Park Service, Museum Management Program

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