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Advancing the study of prehistoric Mississippian art that began in Ancient Objects and Sacred Realms, this volume presents a groundbreaking examination of regional variations in the shared iconography of indigenous cultures in the southeastern United States.

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction (F. Kent Reilly III, James F. Garber, and George E. Lankford)
  • General Studies
    • Chapter 1. Regional Approaches to Iconographic Art (George E. Lankford)
    • Chapter 2. The Cosmology of the Osage: The Star People and Their Universe (James R. Duncan)
  • Regional Studies: Middle Mississippi Valley
    • Chapter 3. The Regional Culture Signature of the Braden Art Style (James A. Brown)
    • Chapter 4. Early Manifestations of Mississippian Iconography in Middle Mississippi Valley Rock-Art (Carol Diaz-Granados)
  • Regional Studies: Lower Mississippi Valley
    • Chapter 5. Mississippian Ceramic Art in the Lower Mississippi Valley: A Thematic Overview (David H. Dye)
    • Chapter 6. The Great Serpent in the Lower Mississippi Valley (F. Kent Reilly III)
  • Regional Studies: Cumberland Valley
    • Chapter 7. Iconography of the Thruston Tablet (Vincas P. Steponaitis, Vernon James Knight, Jr., George E. Lankford, Robert V. Sharp, and David H. Dye)
    • Chapter 8. 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
    • Chapter 9. A Redefinition of the Hemphill Style in Mississippian Art (Vernon James Knight, Jr., and Vincas P. Steponaitis)
    • Chapter 10. The Raptor on the Path (George E. Lankford)
    • Chapter 11. The Swirl-Cross and the Center (George E. Lankford)
  • Regional Studies: Etowah and Upper Tennessee Valley
    • Chapter 12. Iconography of the Hightower Region of Eastern Tennessee and Northern Georgia (Adam King)
    • Chapter 13. Dancing in the Otherworld: The Human Figural Art of the Hightower Style Revisited (F. Kent Reilly III and James F. Garber)
    • Chapter 14. Raptor Imagery at Etowah: The Raptor Is the Path to Power (Adam King and F. Kent Reilly III)
  • Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 15/01/2011
      ISBN13: 9780292737518, 978-0292737518
      ISBN10: 0292737513
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Advancing the study of prehistoric Mississippian art that began in Ancient Objects and Sacred Realms, this volume presents a groundbreaking examination of regional variations in the shared iconography of indigenous cultures in the southeastern United States.

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction (F. Kent Reilly III, James F. Garber, and George E. Lankford)
      • General Studies
        • Chapter 1. Regional Approaches to Iconographic Art (George E. Lankford)
        • Chapter 2. The Cosmology of the Osage: The Star People and Their Universe (James R. Duncan)
      • Regional Studies: Middle Mississippi Valley
        • Chapter 3. The Regional Culture Signature of the Braden Art Style (James A. Brown)
        • Chapter 4. Early Manifestations of Mississippian Iconography in Middle Mississippi Valley Rock-Art (Carol Diaz-Granados)
      • Regional Studies: Lower Mississippi Valley
        • Chapter 5. Mississippian Ceramic Art in the Lower Mississippi Valley: A Thematic Overview (David H. Dye)
        • Chapter 6. The Great Serpent in the Lower Mississippi Valley (F. Kent Reilly III)
      • Regional Studies: Cumberland Valley
        • Chapter 7. Iconography of the Thruston Tablet (Vincas P. Steponaitis, Vernon James Knight, Jr., George E. Lankford, Robert V. Sharp, and David H. Dye)
        • Chapter 8. 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
        • Chapter 9. A Redefinition of the Hemphill Style in Mississippian Art (Vernon James Knight, Jr., and Vincas P. Steponaitis)
        • Chapter 10. The Raptor on the Path (George E. Lankford)
        • Chapter 11. The Swirl-Cross and the Center (George E. Lankford)
      • Regional Studies: Etowah and Upper Tennessee Valley
        • Chapter 12. Iconography of the Hightower Region of Eastern Tennessee and Northern Georgia (Adam King)
        • Chapter 13. Dancing in the Otherworld: The Human Figural Art of the Hightower Style Revisited (F. Kent Reilly III and James F. Garber)
        • Chapter 14. Raptor Imagery at Etowah: The Raptor Is the Path to Power (Adam King and F. Kent Reilly III)
      • Bibliography
      • Contributors
      • Index

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