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

Although engraved shell is a medium of considerable importance almost everywhere else in the Mississippian world, it is difficult to point to any engraved-shell artifacts at Moundville that are unequivocal Hemphill-style productions.