Mound 72 beaded burial

Part of the Cosmology in the New World project

Creator(s): Timothy Pauketat

Year: 2010

Summary

This is a plan map of the beaded burial and associated sacrificial victims in Mound 72, Cahokia, Illinois. Dates between AD 1050 and 1100. The individual is lying on a falcon cape made out of beads and is interpreted by some as a possible Morning Star impersonator. Others interpret the sacrifices as Corn Mother/Evening Star (Venus).

Image from Fowler et al., 1999, The Mound 72 Area: Dedicated and Sacred Space in Early Cahokia, Illinois State Museum, Springfield.

Cite this Record

Mound 72 beaded burial. Timothy Pauketat. 2010 ( tDAR id: 5700) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8SX6BK2


Keywords

Culture
Mississippian

Material
Human Remains • Shell

Site Name
Cahokia

Investigation Types
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis

General
beaded burial • Corn Mother • Evening Star • falcon • impersonator • Morning Star • Venus

Geographic Keywords
Cahokia • Illlinois • Midwest

Temporal Keywords
Lohmann

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1050 to 1100

Spatial Coverage

min long: -90.081; min lat: 38.643 ; max long: -90.054; max lat: 38.662 ;

File Information

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beaded-burial-md-72.jpg 67.01kb Dec 9, 2010 2:16:56 PM Public