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. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-282) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2013. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA685486  bnb 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mississippian culture.<br/>Mississippian art.<br/>Symbolism in art--Mississippi River Valley.<br/>Symbolism in art--Southern States.<br/>Supernatural in art--Mississippi River Valley.<br/>Supernatural in art--Southern States.<br/>Indians of North America--Antiquities.--Southern States<br/>Indians of North America--Antiquities.--Mississippi River Valley
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Mississippi River Valley--Antiquities.<br/>Southern States--Antiquities.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E99.M6815  / A52 2007eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>976/.01