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American Indian art of the ancient Midwest and South

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An edition of Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand (2004)

Hero, hawk, and open hand

American Indian art of the ancient Midwest and South

1st ed.
  • 3 Want to read

"Illustrated with hundreds of new photographs and drawings, as well as with maps, site plans, and a chronology, this book presents exciting new information on the art, architecture, and deep-seated cultural themes of the ancient Native Americans in the midwestern and southeastern United States. Highlights include sculptures with a wide range of human and animal motifs, as well as composite imaginary creatures, abstract shapes, embellished vessels, implements, and ritual objects." "The essays included here take innovative approaches, interpreting the symbolic imagery of distinct visual traditions and searching for widespread patterns of thought and worldview, some of which have survived into present-day tribal life. Such shared motifs as the "Hero," the "Hawk," and the "Open Hand" suggest a provocative and unexpected continuity of thought across time and geography in the ancient American world concerning themes of life, death, and renewal."--BOOK JACKET.

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Pages
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Hero, hawk, and open hand: American Indian art of the ancient Midwest and South
2004, Art Institute of Chicago, In Association with Yale University Press
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand
Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand: American Indian Art of the Ancient Midwest and South
October 11, 2004, Yale University Press
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand
Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand: American Indian Art of the Ancient Midwest and South
October 11, 2004, Yale University Press
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Table of Contents

American landscapes, seen and unseen / Richard F. Townsend
Thoughts on the preservation of traditional culture : an interview with Timmy Thompson / F. Kent Reilly III
The archaeology of aesthetics / David W. Penney
Hopewell art in Hopewell places / Mark F. Seeman
The Newark Earthworks : monumental geometry and astronomy at a Hopewellian pilgrimage center / Bradley T. Lepper
Continuity and change in Mississippian civilization / Garrick Bailey
The Cahokia site and its people / Robert L. Hall
The Cahokian expression : creating court and cult / James A. Brown
People of earth, people of sky : visualizing the sacred in Native American art of the Mississippian period / F. Kent Reilly III
Marking stone, land, body, and spirit : rock art and Mississippian iconography / Carol Diaz-Granados
Power and the sacred : Mound C and the Etowah chiefdom / Adam King
Moundville art in historical and social context / Vincas P. Steponaitis and Vernon J. Knight, Jr.
Thoughts on the preservation of traditional culture : an interview with Joyce and Turner Bear / F. Kent Reilly III
Art, ritual, and chiefly warfare in the Mississippian world / David H. Dye
World on a string : some cosmological components of the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex / George E. Lankford
Prehistoric art of the Central Mississippi Valley / Chester P. Walker
The ancient art of Caddo ceramics / Richard F. Townsend and Chester P. Walker
Caddo art : a personal perspective / Stacey Halfmoon
The Bread Dance : a Shawnee ceremony of thanks and renewal / Ruthe Blalock Jones.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-279) and index.
Published in conjunction with the exhibition organized by the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Chicago, New Haven
Genre
Exhibitions.
Other Titles
American Indian art of the ancient Midwest and South

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
704.03/9707477311
Library of Congress
E78.M67 H47 2004, E59.A7, E56 .H476 2004

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Pagination
287 p. :
Number of pages
287

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3315254M
ISBN 10
0300106017, 0300104677
LCCN
2004108743
OCLC/WorldCat
56633574
Library Thing
2044673
Goodreads
860055

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