The Multifarious Theme of Bird-man

Part of the Cosmology in the New World project

Author(s): Phillip Phillips; James Brown

Year: 1978

Summary

This is a brief description of the Birdman themes on engraved shell artifacts from the Spiro site.

Cite this Record

The Multifarious Theme of Bird-man. Phillip Phillips, James Brown. In Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings of Spiro. Pp. 124-131. Cambridge: Peabody Museum Press. 1978 ( tDAR id: 5650) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8ZG6QKW

Keywords

Culture
Mississippian

Material
Shell

Site Name
Spiro

Investigation Types
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis

General
Birdman • Morning Star

Geographic Keywords
Midwest • Oklahoma • Spiro

Temporal Keywords
Mississippian

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1300 to 1300

Spatial Coverage

min long: -94.807; min lat: 34.836 ; max long: -94.378; max lat: 35.796 ;

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