Birdman image on pottery

Part of the Cosmology in the New World project

Creator(s): Timothy Pauketat

Year: 2010

Summary

This is a pottery sherd from Cahokia's Tract 15B with an etched image of the birdman. Dates to about AD 1300. Photo courtesy of Tim Pauketat.

Cite this Record

Birdman image on pottery. Timothy Pauketat. 2010 ( tDAR id: 5689) ; doi:10.6067/XCV87M063D


Keywords

Culture
Mississippian

Material
Ceramic

Site Name
Cahokia

Investigation Types
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis

General
Birdman • Ceramic • Morning Star • Pottery

Geographic Keywords
Cahokia • Illinois • Midwest

Temporal Keywords
Moorehead

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1300 to 1300

Spatial Coverage

min long: -90.085; min lat: 38.642 ; max long: -90.05; max lat: 38.664 ;

File Information

  Name Size Creation Date Date Uploaded Access
birdman-cahokia-1300.jpg 80.69kb Dec 9, 2010 1:17:50 PM Public