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

Shell-tempered pottery became widespread by AD 800, originating in the LMV. By AD 800–900 major changes in pottery technology took place in connection with other technological and social changes of the ninth and tenth centuries