Ancient objects and sacred realms [[electronic resource] ] : interpretations of Mississippian iconography / / edited by F. Kent Reilly III and James F. Garber ; foreword by Vincas P. Steponaitis
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Ancient objects and sacred realms [[electronic resource] ] : interpretations of Mississippian iconography / / edited by F. Kent Reilly III and James F. Garber ; foreword by Vincas P. Steponaitis
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| Pubblicazione: | Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2007 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 976/.01 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Mississippi River Valley Antiquities |
| Southern States Antiquities | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
ReillyF. Kent
GarberJames
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-282) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Ancient objects and sacred realms |
| ISBN: | 0-292-79543-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910452326903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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