Paradigms lost: Mound 72's Beaded Cape Burial reconfigured

Kristin M. Hedman; Andrew R. Thompson; Eve A. Hargrave; Dawn E. Cobb; Thomas E. Emerson

Paradigms lost: Mound 72's Beaded Cape Burial reconfigured

Kristin M. Hedman, Andrew R. Thompson, Eve A. Hargrave, Dawn E. Cobb, Thomas E. Emerson

Illinois State Archaeological Survey

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Abstract

The Beaded Cape burial in F101 of Mound 72 is central to cosmological interpretations of the founding of Cahokia and has been linked to the Siouan mythic character, Red Horn. Two recent independent osteological studies of the central burials resulted in the same conclusion: Burial 14 is female, not male as long thought. In addition, a reanalysis of the Beaded Cape individuals and associated “Retainer Burials” reveals the presence of at least one previously undocumented child. In this paper, we explore the implications of a male/female pair and the presence of at least one child in the burial cluster that has become pivotal to the archaeological retelling of the Mound 72 mortuary drama.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	MAC, Midwest Archaeological Conference
State	Published - 2013

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