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

Whether they are cosmological signifiers (Douglass Gorget) or imperative to a triumphant warrior’s stance (Rogan Plate, Dancing Warrior, Black Warrior), they are remarkably uniform in appearance from eastern Missouri into northwestern Georgia (Etowah).