Cahokia’s Wandering Supernaturals: What Does It Mean When the Earth Mother Leaves Town

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Dancing through Iconographic Corpora: A Symposium in Honor of F. Kent Reilly III" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

A Cahokia female figurine recovered from Ohio in 1935 was recently brought to light. Although this example is made from limestone, it is identical in all other respects to the Cahokian flint clay suite. Additionally, the limestone was sourced to the St. Louis formation, leaving little doubt as to its origin. This example adds to the growing number of Cahokian female figurines recovered from outside Greater Cahokia and a reevaluation of their role in Cahokian religion is explored via ethnographic accounts and archaeological data.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• Dancing through Iconographic Corpora: A Symposium in Honor of F. Kent Reilly III

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Abstract Id(s): 32535