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New methods and theories for analyzing Mississippian imagery / edited by Bretton T. Giles and Shawn P. Lambert.

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Book
Contributor:
Giles, Bretton T., editor.
Lambert, Shawn P., editor.
JSTOR (Online Service)
Series:
Ripley P. Bullen series
Florida Museum of Natural History : Ripley P. Bullen series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Mississippian culture--Southern States--History.
Mississippian culture.
Indians of North America--Southern States--Antiquities.
Indians of North America.
History.
Southern States.
Antiquities.
Southern States--History.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 265 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Place of Publication:
Gainesville, FL : University of Florida Press, [2021]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Introduction: New Methods and Theories for Analyzing Mississippian Imagery / Bretton T. Giles and Shawn P. Lambert
Part I. Variation in Design and Style
Tracking Design Variation within Late Mississippian Complicated Stamped Pottery Assemblages from the Georgia Coast / Anna M. Semon
The McAdams Style Revisited: Matching Spider Iconography with Material Culture / J. Grant Stauffer
A Preliminary Stylistic Assessment of the Ceramic Imagery of the Late Prehistoric Peoples of Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida, and Its Implications / John F. Scarry
Part II. Interpreting Mississippian Iconography
Local Eyes: Recognizing Cosmological Motifs / George E. Lankford
Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble: Mississippian Witchcraft Agency, Animism, and Materiality / David H. Dye
Part III. Situating and Historicizing Mississippian Symbols
Mnemonic Parallelism and the Cosmologies Materialized in Late Mississippian Pecan Point Headpots / Bretton T. Giles
From Enwrapped Worlds: A Peircean Semiotic Approach to Early Caddo Ceramics / Jesse C. Nowak
Imagery in Motion: Object Itineraries of Spiro Engraved Vessels / Shawn P. Lambert
Part IV. Concluding Remarks
Merging Art Historical and Anthropological Approaches in Pre-Columbian Iconography / Vernon James Knight
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 13, 2021).
Other Format:
Print version: New methods and theories for analyzing Mississippian imagery
ISBN:
9781683402466
1683402464
Publisher Number:
40030760973
Access Restriction:
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