Shell Pendant

Open diamond shaped pendant, manufactured from a Laevicardium shell. Diamond shape has nearly equal sides, interior was cut out, leaving a thin edge of shell to form the margins. Perforation is biconically drilled into one corner shank. Shell is chalky and eroded, off-white in color. This pendant was recovered from a compound room in a habitation area at the site of Pueblo Grande. Pueblo Grande was a large village located at the headgates of a major canal system. Occupied as early as AD 500, the site reached its greatest extent during the Classic Period. Museum Accession: 1996.17