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

Publication Info.	Austin : University of Texas Press, [2011]
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Edition	1st ed.
Description	1 online resource (xviii, 357 pages) : illustrations, map.
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Physical Medium	polychrome
Series	The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies
	Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	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 [and others] -- 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.
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Language	English.
Subject	Mississippian culture.
	Mississippian culture.
	Mississippian art.
	Mississippian art.
	Indian cosmology -- History -- To 1500.
	Indian cosmology.
	History.
Chronological Term	To 1500
Subject	Indians of North America -- Mississippi River Valley -- Religion.
	Indians of North America.
	Mississippi River Valley.
	Religion.
	Visions -- Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1500.
	Regionalism -- Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1500.
	Visions.
	Mississippi River Valley -- Antiquities.
	Regionalism.
	Middle West -- Antiquities.
	Antiquities.
	Southern States -- Antiquities.
	Middle West.
	East (U.S.) -- Antiquities.
	Temple Mound period.
	Southern States.
	HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
	Indians of North America -- Religion.
	East United States.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Added Author	Lankford, George E., 1938-
	Reilly, F. Kent.
	Garber, James.
Other Form:	Print version: Visualizing the sacred. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2011 9780292723085 (DLC) 2010035076 (OCoLC)607973996
ISBN	9780292784659 (electronic book)
	0292784651 (electronic book)
	9780292723085 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
	0292723083 (cloth ; alkaline paper)

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

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