TY - GEN
T1 - Supernaturals in the Confluence Region
AU - Boles, Steven
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Mississippian statuary and effigy items have often been interpreted as representations of supernatural beings. An area rich in such imagery is the Mississippi and Ohio River confluence region. These items are often made from fluorite along the lower Ohio while flint clay was favored in the American Bottom. Though these items differ in presentation and depositional contexts, a thematic comparison of the corpus demonstrates shared symbolism that hints at a common ideological basis between these regions.
AB - Mississippian statuary and effigy items have often been interpreted as representations of supernatural beings. An area rich in such imagery is the Mississippi and Ohio River confluence region. These items are often made from fluorite along the lower Ohio while flint clay was favored in the American Bottom. Though these items differ in presentation and depositional contexts, a thematic comparison of the corpus demonstrates shared symbolism that hints at a common ideological basis between these regions.
KW - ISAS
UR - https://www.southeasternarchaeology.org/annual-meeting/past-meetings/
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - Bulletin
SP - 36
BT - Proceedings of the 71th Annual Meeting
PB - Southeastern Archaeological Conference
T2 - 2014 Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference
Y2 - 12 November 2014 through 15 November 2014
ER -