Copper repousee plates showing birdman 2

Part of the Cosmology in the New World project

Author(s): James Brown

Year: 2007

Summary

This is an illustration of several copper plates depicting the birdman theme. From Brown 2007 "On the Identity of the Birdman within Mississippian Period Art and Iconography."

Cite this Record

Copper repousee plates showing birdman 2. James Brown. In Ancient Objects and Sacred Realms. Pp. 56-106. Austin: University of Texas Press. 2007 ( tDAR id: 5652) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8B27T06

Keywords

Culture
Mississippian

Site Name
Etowah • Lake Jackson • Spiro

Investigation Types
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis

General
Birdman • Copper • Morning Star • Red Horn

Geographic Keywords
Florida • Georgia • Midwest • Oklahoma • Southeast

Temporal Keywords
Mississippian

Spatial Coverage

min long: -95.977; min lat: 24.767 ; max long: -79.541; max lat: 36.527 ;

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