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

The Hamilton gorgets thus suggest that the swirl-cross may replace a cross in a circle, concentric circles, and possibly a raccoon. The swirl-cross here is also associated with motifs of the center: intertwined bands and striped pole.