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

Engraving shell, particularly for gorgets made of marine shell, has a long tradition in the Hightower region. It appears to begin in the Early Mississippian period and continues into the early Protohistoric period.