Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand: American Indian Art of the Ancient Midwest and SouthYale University Press, 1 janv. 2004 - 287 pages Along the Ohio, Tennessee, and Mississippi Rivers, the archaeological remains of earthen pyramids, plazas, large communities, and works of art and artifacts testify to Native American civilizations that thrived there between 3000 B.C. and A.D. 1500. This fascinating book presents exciting new information on the art and cultures of these ancient peoples and features hundreds of gorgeous photographs of important artworks, artifacts, and ritual objects excavated from Amerindian archaeological sites. Drawing on excavation findings and extensive research, the contributors to the book document a succession of distinct ancient populations in the pre-Columbian world of the American Midwest and Southeast. A team of interdisciplinary scholars examines the connections between archaeological remains of different regions and the themes, forms, and rituals that continue in specific tribes of today. The book also includes the personal reflections of contemporary Native Americans who discuss their perspectives on the significance of the fascinating and beautiful prehistoric artifacts as well as their own cultural practices today. |
Table des matières
The Archaeology of Aesthetics | 43 |
Hopewell Art in Hopewell Places | 57 |
Monumental Geometry and Astronomy | 73 |
Continuity and Change in Mississippian Civilization | 83 |
The Cahokia Site and Its People | 93 |
Visualizing the Sacred | 125 |
Rock | 139 |
Mound C and the Etowah Chiefdom | 146 |
Moundville Art in Historical and Social Context | 167 |
Some Cosmological Components | 207 |
Prehistoric Art of the Central Mississippi Valley | 219 |
The Ancient Art of Caddo Ceramics | 231 |
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Contributors | 280 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
Adena Alabama American Indian ancient archaeological Archaeology Arkansas artifacts artistic Beneath World Birdman bottle burial Caddo Caddoan Cahokia century ceramic ceremonial chiefdoms Circle complex cosmic Craig Mound Creek culture dance depicted diam Dye essay effigy pipe effigy platform pipe Elaine Kinker Collection elite Engraved shell gorget Engraved whelk shell Etowah figure figurine flint clay Gilcrease Museum gorget Hale counties head vessels Hopewell Hopewell culture iconography Illinois imagery images James and Elaine Lankford Late Braden LeFlore County marine shell Midwest Mississippian Missouri Morning Star motif Moundville Museum of Natural mythic National Museum Native American Natural History Newark Earthworks objects Oklahoma Peabody Museum Phillips and Brown piasa pottery ritual Ross County sacred SECC serpent Shawnee shell cups Smithsonian Institution Southeastern Ceremonial Complex Spiro Steponaitis supernatural symbols Tennessee tion Townsend essay traditional tribal tribes Tulsa University Walker essay warrior Washington whelk Woodland