Birdman - more bird than man

Part of the Cosmology in the New World project

Author(s): Phillip Phillips; Brown James

Year: 1978

Summary

This is an illustration and description of a shell exhibiting the Birdman from Spiro. From Phillips and Brown 1978, Plate 303.

Cite this Record

Birdman - more bird than man. Phillip Phillips, Brown James. In Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from the Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Cambridge: Peabody Museum Press. 1978 ( tDAR id: 5670) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8QZ281P

Keywords

Culture
Mississippian

Material
Shell

Site Name
Spiro

Investigation Types
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis

General
Birdman • Morning Star • Shell

Geographic Keywords
Midwest • Oklahoma • Spiro

Temporal Keywords
Mississippian

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1200 to 1200

Spatial Coverage

min long: -94.73; min lat: 34.949 ; max long: -94.384; max lat: 35.496 ;

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