Visualizing the Sacred: Cosmic Visions, Regionalism, and the Art of the Mississippian World (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies) by Lankford, George E. [Editor]; Reilly, F. Kent [Editor]; Garber, James F. [Editor]; - 2011-01-15

University of Texas Press, 2011-01-15. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 9x5x0. Text and images unmarked. The wrapper shows some very light handling. 8vo. xviii, 357pp.

University of Texas Press, January 2011. Paper Back. Fine. Pages are very clean and bright with no markings. Trivial shelving wear. Binding is tight and square.

Paperback. New. 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 Realms: Interpretations of Mississippian Iconography, which presented a major reconstruction of the rituals, cosmology, ideology, and political structures of the Mississippian peoples. Visualizing the Sacred advances the study of Mississippian iconography by delving into the regional variations within what is now known as the Mississippian Iconographic Interaction Sphere (MIIS). Bringing archaeological, ethnographic, ethnohistoric, and iconographic perspectives to the analysis of Mississippian art, contributors from several disciplines discuss… Read More

Univ of Texas Pr, 2011. Paperback. New. 375 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches.

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Univ of Texas Pr, 2011. Paperback. New. 375 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches.