Debra Smetana

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the humpbacked female effigies and the straight-backed ones are intended to represent the same character, based on our examination. First and foremost, all or nearly all, as far as we know, were recovered from stone-box graves of children (or at the very least subadults) of the Thruston phase, AD 1250–1400, and share similar deposition in mortuary contexts
Visualizing the Sacred: Cosmic Visions, Regionalism, and the Art of the Mississippian World (Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)
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