Visualizing the Sacred: Cosmic Visions, Regionalism, and the Art of the Mississippian World (Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)

by George E. Lankford

In the Hightower region, the cross-in-circle appears most commonly enclosed by a square, referred to as the crib (Brain and Phillips 1996:21–24) or the square cross design (Kneberg 1959:5). Sawyer (2009) has recognized the earliest version of this theme in his Bennett style, which dates from AD 1150 to 1250