The headpots of northeast Arkansas and southern Pemiscot County, Missouri / James F. Cherry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cherry, James F., 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mississippian pottery--Saint Francis River Valley (Mo. and Ark.).

Mississippian pottery.

Effigy pottery--Saint Francis River Valley (Mo. and Ark.)--Classification.

Effigy pottery.

Saint Francis River Valley (Mo. and Ark.)--Antiquities.

Saint Francis River Valley (Mo. and Ark.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1981, James F.Cherry embarked on what evolved into a passionate, personal quest to identify and document all the known headpots of Mississippian Indian culture from northeast Arkansas and the bootheel region of southeast Missouri.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

THE STUDY OF THE HEADPOTS

THE LATE MISSISSIPPIAN PERIOD

SCOPE OF THE STUDY

METHODOLOGY

HISTORY OF PUBLICATIONS

THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF THE EARLY EXCAVATORS

INVENTORY AND DESCRIPTIONS OF CLASSICAL HEADPOTS

ANALYSES AND CONCLUSIONS

APPENDIXES

Reproductions: History and Examples

Mistakes in the Literature

Hair Patterns

Eye Surrounds

Facial Decorative "Tatoo" Patterns

County Frequencies and Geographical Distribution

Metric Dimensions

Peripheral Ear Perforations

Dates and Finders of Headpots

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-216) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61075-180-9

OCLC:

769187832