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

A number of engraved vessels at Moundville exhibit the raptor theme, which invariably includes the head of a bird with raptorial characteristics: a hooked beak, a jagged crest, and a forked eye surround