Morning Star (Other Keyword)
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This is a photo from the Gottschall Rockshelter, in southwest Wisconsin. Dates to AD 1050-1400. This image is interpreted as Red Horn by Robert Salzer and Robert Hall and the Morning Star deity by James Brown.
Long-Nosed God heads (2010)
These are images of the Long-Nosed God, adapted from Hall's "Archeaology of the Soul" (1997). Dates to AD 1050-1200. Tim Pauketat believes these derived from Tlaloc imagery.
Long-Nosed god mask (2010)
This is an image of a Long-Nosed god mask made from shell. Photo courtesy of Tim Pauketat.
Long-Nosed god maskettes (2010)
These are Long-Nosed God copper maskettes from Meppen Mound site, Illinois, dating to AD 1050-1200. Tim Pauketat believes these objects are derived from Tlaloc imagery. Photo courtesy of Pictures of Record, Inc.
Long-Nosed God maskettes on the Big Boy pipe
The following discusses the report of the Long-Nosed God maskettes on the Big Boy pipe from Spiro. Frpm Hall 1997 An Archaeology of the Soul.
Meyer bird-man cup (1978)
This is an illustration and description of the Meyer bird-man cup from Spiro. From Phillips and Brown 1978, Plate 169.
More birdman cup fragments (1978)
This is a description and illustration of shell cup fragments with birdman imagery. From Phillips and Brown 1978, Plate 209.
Morning Star headdress (2010)
This is an image of a Morning Star headdress. Image courtesy of Tim Pauketat.
Morning Star petroglyph (2010)
This is an image of a petroglyph depicting the Morning Star. Photo courtesy of Tim Pauketat.
Mound 72 beaded burial (2010)
This is a plan map of the beaded burial and associated sacrificial victims in Mound 72, Cahokia, Illinois. Dates between AD 1050 and 1100. The individual is lying on a falcon cape made out of beads and is interpreted by some as a possible Morning Star impersonator. Others interpret the sacrifices as Corn Mother/Evening Star (Venus). Image from Fowler et al., 1999, The Mound 72 Area: Dedicated and Sacred Space in Early Cahokia, Illinois State Museum, Springfield.
The Multifarious Theme of Bird-man (1978)
This is a brief description of the Birdman themes on engraved shell artifacts from the Spiro site.
Peyote Morning Star (2010)
This is a representation of a Peyote vision experienced by Silver Horn showing the Morning Star. Courtesy of Tim Pauketat.
Picture Cave, black/white image (2010)
This is an image from Picture Cave. AMS dates are AD 1025. Interpreted as Red Horn or Morning Star deity by Carol Diaz Granados (2004, Marking Stone, Land, Body, and Spirit, in Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand, Art Institute of Chicago).
Picture Cave, color image (2010)
This is an image of Picture Cave, in eastern Missouri. AMS dates AD 1025. Interpreted by Carol Diaz-Granados as the Morning Star. (2004, Marking Stone, Land, Body, and Spirit, in Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand, Art Institute of Chicago). Image courtesy of Tim Pauketat.
Possible Birdman on shell (1978)
This is an illustration and description of a shell with possible birdman imagery from Spiro. From Phillips and Brown 1978, Plate 302.1.
Rogan Plate (2010)
This is an image of the Rogan Plate, from Etowah, GA. Dates to about AD 1300. Interpreted as the Birdman by King 2004 (Power and the Sacred: Mound C and the Etowah Chiefdom, in Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand, Art Institute of Chicago). Image from flickr.com.
Rogan plate 1 (2010)
This is a copper plate from Etowah, Georgia dating to AD 1300. Interpreted as Morning Star or Birdman by James Brown (2004 - Hero Hawk and Open Hand). This is one of two similar copper plates recovered from Mound C.
The Role of Venus in the Cosmologies of Mesoamerica, the American Southwest, and the Southeast (2010)
This paper describes differing but related views of the meanings of Venus in Central Mexico, West Mexico, the U.S. Southwest, and the Eastern Woodlands.
Shell fragments of craig style birdman (1978)
This is an illustration and description of numerous shell fragments depicting the birdman. From Phillips and Brown 1978, Plate 209.1.
Spiro carving (2010)
Carving representing the Braden A style, from Spiro, Oklahoma. Dates to AD 1200. This image is interpreted as the Morning Star by James Brown. According to Tim Pauketat and others, the long nosed god maskette earrings reference Tlaloc imagery.
Spiro Star Men (2010)
This is an image of a shell gorget from Spiro. Shows two "Star Men." Image courtesy of Tim Pauketat.