Speaking with the ancestors : Mississippian stone statuary of the Tennessee-Cumberland region /

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When European explorers began their initial forays into southeastern North America in the 16th and 17th centuries they encountered what they called temples and shrines of native peoples, often decorated with idols in human form made of wood, pottery, or stone. The idols were fascinating to write abo...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Kevin E.
Otros Autores: Miller, James V., 1939-2008
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2009.
Colección:Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication
Temas:
Mississippian culture > Tennessee River Valley.
Mississippian culture > Cumberland River Valley (Ky. and Tenn.)
Figurines, Prehistoric > Tennessee River Valley.
Figurines, Prehistoric > Cumberland River Valley (Ky. and Tenn.)
Stone carving > Tennessee River Valley.
Stone carving > Cumberland River Valley (Ky. and Tenn.)
Culture du Mississippi > Tennessee, Vallée du.
Culture du Mississippi > Cumberland, Vallée de la (Kent. et Tenn.)
Figurines préhistoriques > Tennessee, Vallée du.
Figurines préhistoriques > Cumberland, Vallée de la (Kent. et Tenn.)
Sculpture en pierre > Tennessee, Vallée du.
Sculpture en pierre > Cumberland, Vallée de la (Kent. et Tenn.)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Antiquities
Figurines, Prehistoric
Mississippian culture
Stone carving
Tennessee River Valley > Antiquities.
Cumberland River Valley (Ky. and Tenn.) > Antiquities.
United States > Cumberland River Valley
United States > Tennessee River Valley
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Mississippian stone sculpture
  • Tennessee-Cumberland style Mississippian stone statuary
  • The middle Tennessee heartland
  • The north Georgia heartland
  • The Tennessee periphery
  • Ohio and Mississippi Valley statuary
  • The statuary complex and ancestor veneration
  • Appendix A. Tabular summaries of statue characteristics
  • Appendix B. Two fakes and some odds and ends.

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