Ancient objects and sacred realms : interpretations of Mississippian iconography

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/creator	Reilly, F. Kent.
Other author/creator	Garber, James.
Format	Book and Print
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
Subject(s)	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.

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)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E99.M6815 A52 2007	✔ Available	Place Hold