In some genera, such as the large marine snail Busycon, the main anterior artery (which supplies the head and foot) includes an enlarged muscular region.
One such object is a type of ear decoration carved from marine shell and known as a long-nosed god maskette.
The Busycon, Marginella, and Olivella shell species were imported from the Gulf of Mexico or Atlantic coast, and were found at this site but rarely in burials which suggest they were probably considered valuable.
The conch shell came from a snail species known as Busycon perversa, which had previously only been known to exist in Florida.
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