Copper plate with birdman

Part of the Cosmology in the New World project

Creator(s): Timothy Pauketat

Year: 2010

Summary

This is an image of a copper plate depicting two dancers from Union County Illinois. Interpreted by James Brown as the birdman (In "The Cahokian Expression," Hero, Hawk and Open Hand, 2004, The Art Institute of Chicago). Image from flickr.com.

Cite this Record

Copper plate with birdman. Timothy Pauketat. 2010 ( tDAR id: 5690) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8930S4P


Keywords

Culture
Mississippian

Investigation Types
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis

General
Birdman • Copper • dancer • Morning Star

Geographic Keywords
Illinois • Midwest • Union County

Temporal Keywords
Mississippian

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1100 to 1200

Spatial Coverage

min long: -89.583; min lat: 37.178 ; max long: -88.792; max lat: 37.866 ;

File Information

  Name Size Creation Date Date Uploaded Access
flickr-com-copper-birdman-union-county-illinois-11-1200-brown-... 175.46kb Dec 9, 2010 1:27:57 PM Public