Ancient objects and sacred realms interpretations of Mississippian iconography - Reilly, F. Kent.; Garber, James; ebrary, Inc. (Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-282) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: 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 -- Southern States -- Antiquities; Indians of North America -- Mississippi River Valley -- Antiquities; Mississippi River Valley -- Antiquities; Southern States -- Antiquities; Electronic books