Visualizing the Sacred: Cosmic Visions, Regionalism, and the Art of the Mississippian World

Book Overview

The prehistoric native peoples of the Mississippi River Valley and other areas of the Eastern Woodlands of the United States shared a complex set of symbols and motifs that constituted one of the greatest artistic traditions of the pre-Columbian Americas. Traditionally known as the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex, these artifacts of copper, shell, stone, clay, and wood were the subject of the groundbreaking 2007 book Ancient Objects and Sacred...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292737513
• ISBN13: 9780292737518
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 375 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"