Ancient objects and sacred realms
Ancient objects and sacred realms interpretations of Mississippian iconography / [electronic resource] :
edited by F. Kent Reilly III and James F. Garber ; foreword by Vincas P. Steponaitis.
- 1st ed.
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007.
- x, 299 p. : ill., map.
- The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies .
- Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-282) and index.
Some cosmological motifs in the southeastern ceremonial complex / George E. Lankford -- The Petaloid motif : a celestial symbolic locative in the shell art of spiro / F. Kent Reilly III -- On the identity of the birdman within Mississippian period art and iconography / James Brown -- The great serpent in eastern North America / George E. Lankford -- Identification of a moth/butterfly supernatural in Mississippian art / Vernon James Knight and Judith A. Franke -- Ritual, medicine, and the war trophy iconographic theme in the Mississippian southeast / David H. Dye -- The "path of souls" : some death imagery in the southeastern ceremonial complex / George E. Lankford -- Sequencing the braden style within Mississippian period art and iconography / James Brown -- Osage texts and Cahokia data / Alice Beck Kehoe.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
GBA685486 bnb
Uk
Mississippian culture.
Mississippian art.
Symbolism in art--Mississippi River Valley.
Symbolism in art--Southern States.
Supernatural in art--Mississippi River Valley.
Supernatural in art--Southern States.
Indians of North America--Antiquities.--Southern States
Indians of North America--Antiquities.--Mississippi River Valley
Mississippi River Valley--Antiquities.
Southern States--Antiquities.
Electronic books.
E99.M6815 / A52 2007eb
976/.01
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-282) and index.
Some cosmological motifs in the southeastern ceremonial complex / George E. Lankford -- The Petaloid motif : a celestial symbolic locative in the shell art of spiro / F. Kent Reilly III -- On the identity of the birdman within Mississippian period art and iconography / James Brown -- The great serpent in eastern North America / George E. Lankford -- Identification of a moth/butterfly supernatural in Mississippian art / Vernon James Knight and Judith A. Franke -- Ritual, medicine, and the war trophy iconographic theme in the Mississippian southeast / David H. Dye -- The "path of souls" : some death imagery in the southeastern ceremonial complex / George E. Lankford -- Sequencing the braden style within Mississippian period art and iconography / James Brown -- Osage texts and Cahokia data / Alice Beck Kehoe.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
GBA685486 bnb
Uk
Mississippian culture.
Mississippian art.
Symbolism in art--Mississippi River Valley.
Symbolism in art--Southern States.
Supernatural in art--Mississippi River Valley.
Supernatural in art--Southern States.
Indians of North America--Antiquities.--Southern States
Indians of North America--Antiquities.--Mississippi River Valley
Mississippi River Valley--Antiquities.
Southern States--Antiquities.
Electronic books.
E99.M6815 / A52 2007eb
976/.01