Chapter 3 The Regional Culture Signature of the Braden Art Style

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments x
4. Introduction xi
5. General studies
6. Chapter 1 Regional Approaches to Iconographic Art 1
7. Chapter 2 The Cosmology of the Osage: The Star People and Their Universe 18
8. Regional studies: Middle Mississippi valley
9. Chapter 3 The Regional Culture Signature of the Braden Art Style 35
10. Chapter 4 Early Manifestations of Mississippian Iconography in Middle Mississippi Valley Rock-Art 64
11. Regional studies: Lower Mississippi valley
12. Chapter 5 Mississippian Ceramic Art in the Lower Mississippi Valley: A Thematic Overview 97
13. Chapter 6 The Great Serpent in the Lower Mississippi Valley 118
14. Regional studies: Cumberland valley
15. Chapter 7 Iconography of the Thruston Tablet 135
16. Chapter 8 Woman in the Patterned Shawl: Female Effigy Vessels and Figurines from the Middle Cumberland River Basin 177
17. Regional studies: Moundville
18. Chapter 9 A Redefinition of the Hemphill Style in Mississippian Art 199
19. Chapter 10 The Raptor on the Path 240
20. Chapter 11 The Swirl-Cross and the Center 251
21. Regional studies: Etowah and upper Tennessee valley
22. Chapter 12 Iconography of the Hightower Region of Eastern Tennessee and Northern Georgia 277
23. Chapter 13 Dancing in the Otherworld: The Human Figural Art of the Hightower Style Revisited 294
24. Chapter 14 Raptor Imagery at Etowah: The Raptor Is the Path to Power 313
25. Bibliography 321
26. Contributors 347
27. Index 349