Shell gorget - Wikipedia
Shell gorgets are a Native American art form of polished, carved shell pendants worn around the neck. The gorgets are frequently engraved, and are sometimes highlighted with pigments, or fenestrated (pierced with openings).
Gorget - Museum of Stone Tools
A gorget is a thin, flat, carefully-shaped stone perforated by two or more holes. The term ‘gorget’ is borrowed from a metal European military neck ornament common in the 18th Century. Gorgets are found on sites dating from the Archaic to the protohistoric period in Eastern North America.
An Engraved Shell Gorget from the Shepherd Site
Modern lightning whelk shell from Florida. The oval shows where a gorget could be cut from the body whorl. Artifact 1974-249 came from the Shepherd site (3CL39) in Clark County, Arkansas. At one time the site had one or two mounds, but was impacted by bulldozing in the mid-1960s, revealing Archaic and Caddo period artifacts.
Artifact: A Rare Native American Gorget - Cincinnati Magazine
2015年5月13日 · The find, depicting a half-bird, half-feline creature, is one of only seven or eight engraved gorgets recovered in the entire country. “They’re very rarely engraved, especially with animals that are recognizable,” says museum archaeologist Bob Genheimer.
Stone Objects | Ancient North Carolinians
Gorgets are usually flat, elongate pieces of stone that have been ground into a particular shape and have one or two holes drilled through the center. They often are interpreted as pendants worn around the neck, and most appear to date to the Early or Middle Woodland periods (1000 B.C.
Artifacts — Museum of the Cherokee in South Carolina
Silver Trade Gorget --- Found near Tamassee Town - Made by Robert Cruickshank between 1759-1809 in Montreal, Canada. Believed to have come through the port of Charleston, South Carolina on the trading path. Stamped Pottery Reproduction --- Traditional Cherokee pottery was made from clay.
The Key Marco Collection – South Florida Archaeology
2024年4月25日 · Some artifacts from Key Marco are on exhibit in the Hall of South Florida People and Environments. Rectangular object, unknown function, turtle shell, A.D. 700-1500, Key Marco, Collier Co. (A-6449)
Artifact - Gorget
Ancient gorgets made from bone, shell, or stone exist in collections across North America. Typically made during the Late Archaic and Early Woodland periods, their exact function is uncertain. Gorgets often have one or two holes, and it is generally presumed that they were dangled either across or down the throat, suspended on a cord.
Fifth-Century Gorget Unearthed in Ohio - Archaeology Magazine
2015年2月27日 · CINCINNATI, OHIO—Workers digging a trench earlier this month in Newtown, Ohio, uncovered a Native American burial that included a rare, fifth-century gorget. “A gorget is an ornamental item....
Teaching guideMississippian shell gorget - Smarthistory
Birdman imagery is found in rock art, gorgets, and copper ornaments throughout the Mississippian area. He is also associated with the planet Venus and ideas about the cosmos, such as where our human world is in relation to the upper and lower worlds.
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