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- The Headpots of Northeast Arkansas and Southern Pemiscot County, Missouri
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: University of Arkansas Press
summary
In 1981, James F. Cherry embarked on what evolved into a passionate, personal quest to identify and document all the known headpots of Mississippian Indian culture from northeast Arkansas and the bootheel region of southeast Missouri. Produced by two groups the Spanish called the Casqui and Pacaha and dating circa AD 1400–1700, headpots occur, with few exceptions, only in a small region of Arkansas and Missouri. Relatively little is known about these headpots: did they portray kinsmen or enemies, the living or the dead or were they used in ceremonies, in everyday life, or exclusively for the sepulcher? Cherry’s decades of research have culminated in the lavishly illustrated The Headpots of Northeast Arkansas and Southern Pemiscot County, Missouri, a fascinating, comprehensive catalog of 138 identified classical style headpots and an invaluable resource for understanding the meaning of these remarkable ceramic vessels.
Table of Contents
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- FOREWORD [Includes Image Plate]
- pp. x-xii
- PREFACE [Includes Image Plate]
- pp. xiii-xiv
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- pp. xv-xvi
- THE STUDY OF THE HEADPOTS
- METHODOLOGY
- pp. 10-11
- APPENDIXES
- Mistakes in the Literature
- pp. 186-188
- Hair Patterns [Includes Image Plates]
- pp. 189-192
- Eye Surrounds [Includes Image Plates]
- pp. 193-194
- Metric Dimensions
- p. 207
- Dates and Finders of Headpots
- pp. 209-210
- GLOSSARY OF TERMS
- pp. 211-212
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- pp. 213-216
- PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS
- p. 217
Additional Information
ISBN
9781610751803
Related ISBN(s)
9781557288974
MARC Record
OCLC
769187832
Pages
384
Launched on MUSE
2012-02-08
Language
English
Open Access
No