Transforming the Landscape : Rock Art and the Mississippian Cosmos.

Cover -- Dedication -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Materiality and cultural landscapes in Native America: George Sabo III and Jan F. Simek -- Cultural landscapes as frameworks for rock art study -- Further thoughts on landscape archaeology in North America -- Examples of cultural landscapes in North America -- The Mississippian cosmos -- Summary and conclusions -- Missouri: West Mississippi River Valley -- Chapter 2. The Big Five petroglyph sites: their place on the landscape and relation to their creators: James R. Duncan and Carol Diaz-Granados -- Quantifying the motifs -- Cosmology -- Some interesting implications -- Polysemous symbolism and metaphors -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3. Landscape, cosmology, and the Old Woman: a strong feminine presence: James R. Duncan and Carol Diaz-Granados -- The landscape and the Old Woman -- The Old Woman and the Landscape -- The Wallen Creek site, Picture Cave, and the Old Woman -- Conclusion -- Arkansas: Ozark Escarpment west of the Mississippi River -- Chapter 4. Petroglyphs, portals, and people along the Eastern Ozark Escarpment, Arkansas: George Sabo III, Jerry E. Hilliard, Jami J. Lockhart, and Leslie C. Walker -- History of rock art investigations in Arkansas -- Preliminary findings of the Arkansas Rock Art Project -- The Eastern Ozark Escarpment -- Petroglyphs, portals, and people -- Illinois: East Mississippi River Valley -- Chapter 5. Transformed spaces: a landscape approach to the rock art of Illinois: Mark J. Wagner, Kayeleigh Sharp, and Jonathan Remo -- Spatial analysis methods -- The Illinois landscape -- The Millstone Bluff landscape -- Jackson Bottoms Landscape -- Conclusion -- Appalachian Plateau.

Chapter 6. Prehistoric rock art, social boundaries, and cultural landscapes on the Cumberland Plateau of southeast North America: Jan F. Simek, Alan Cressler, and B. Bart Henson -- The Cumberland Plateau and surrounding regions -- Kentucky -- Alabama -- Comparisons of rock art along the Cumberland Plateau -- Conclusion -- Appalachian Mountains -- Chapter 7. Betwixt and between: the occurrence of petroglyphs between townhouses of the living and townhouses of spirit beings in northern Georgia and western North Carolina: Johannes Loubser, Scott Ashcraft, James Wettstaed -- Environment, inferred similarities, relative sequence of application, and age range of petroglyphs -- Indigenous beliefs, practices, and experiences regarding rock surfaces and water -- The significance of petroglyph locations and motifs in indigenous context -- Spirit beings, townhouses, and ancient mounds -- Associated markings on the rocks -- Concluding overview -- Appendix: rock art sites to visit in the Eastern United States -- Bibliography -- Index.

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