Visualizing the sacred [[electronic resource] ] : cosmic visions, regionalism, and the art of the Mississippian world / / edited by George E. Lankford, F. Kent Reilly III, and James F. Garber

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458115003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Austin, Tex., : University of Texas Press, 2010
• ISBN: 0-292-78465-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (376 p.)
• Collana: Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies
• Altri autori (Persone): LankfordGeorge E. <1938->; ReillyF. Kent; GarberJames
• Disciplina: 977
• Soggetti: Mississippian culture; Mississippian art; Indian cosmology - Mississippi River Valley - History - To 1500; Indians of North America - Mississippi River Valley - Religion; Visions - Mississippi River Valley - History - To 1500; Regionalism - Mississippi River Valley - History - To 1500; Electronic books.; Mississippi River Valley Antiquities; Middle West Antiquities; Southern States Antiquities; East (U.S.) Antiquities
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: General studies -- Regional approaches to iconographic art / George E. Lankford -- The cosmology of the Osage : the Star People and their universe / James R. Duncan -- Regional studies: Middle Mississippi Valley -- The regional culture signature of the Braden art style / James A. Brown -- Early manifestations of Mississippian iconography in middle Mississippi Valley rock-art / Carol Diaz-Granados -- Regional studies: Lower Mississippi Valley -- Mississippian ceramic art in the lower Mississippi Valley : a thematic overview / David H. Dye -- The great serpent in the lower Mississippi Valley / F. Kent Reilly III -- ; Regional studies: Cumberland Valley -- Iconography of the Thruston Tablet / Vincas P. Steponaitis, Vernon James Knight, Jr., George E. Lankford, Robert V. Sharp, and David H. Dye -- Woman in the patterned shawl : female effigy vessels and figurines from the Middle Cumberland River Basin / Robert V. Sharp, Vernon James Knight, Jr., and George E. Lankford -- Regional studies: Moundville -- A redefinition of the Hemphill style in Mississippian art / Vernon James Knight, Jr., and Vincas P. Steponaitis -- The raptor on the path / George E. Lankford -- The swirl-cross and the center / George E. Lankford -- Regional studies: Etowah and Upper Tennessee Valley -- Iconography of the Hightower region of eastern Tennessee and northern Georgia / Adam King -- Dancing in the otherworld : the human figural art of the Hightower style revisited / F. Kent Reilly III and James F. Garber -- Raptor imagery at Etowah : the raptor is the path to power / Adam King and F. Kent Reilly III.