When interred, the Princess wore a headdress made from shells, two huge horned
disks made of shell on her shoulders (a rare artifact), a shell bracelet on her
left wrist, and 120,000 shell beads that had once been embroidered on her
clothes. Clearly, she had attained a high rank. Interestingly, her prestige was
not passed to her adult offspring. The graves resting above hers—which are
thought to belong to the deceased descendants of the Princess—have far fewer
extravagant goods than others nearby. This suggests that status was not
inherited, but was earned through prowess or skill.