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

representational art forms such as engraved shell gorgets and cups, symbolic weaponry, and repoussé copper are only sporadically present in comparison to the great artistic centers such as Etowah, Moundville, and Spiro,