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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

Catalog Data

Author:
Lankford, George E. 1938-  Search this
Reilly, F. Kent  Search this
Garber, James  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 357 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Mississippi River Valley
Middle West
Southern States
East (U.S.)
Date:
2011
To 1500
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 ... [et al.] -- 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
Topic:
Mississippian culture  Search this
Mississippian art  Search this
Indian cosmology--History  Search this
Indians of North America--Religion  Search this
Visions--History  Search this
Regionalism--History  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_950554