Ancient objects and sacred realms : interpretations of Mississippian iconography / edited by F. Kent Reilly III and James F. Garber ; foreword by Vincas P. Steponaitis.
| Other author | Reilly, F. Kent, III, 1945-2024 |
| Other author | Garber, James. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007. |
| Description | x, 299 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Series | The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies. ^A441638 |
| Contents | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-282) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006022618 |
| ISBN | 0292713479 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780292713475 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | E99.M6815 A52 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |