Speaking with the ancestors : Mississippian stone statuary of the Tennessee-Cumberland region / Kevin E. Smith and James V. Miller.

When European explorers began their initial forays into southeastern North America in the 16th and 17th centuries they encountered what they called temples and shrines of native peoples, often decorated with idols in human form made of wood, pottery, or stone. The idols were fascinating to write abo...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Smith, Kevin E.
Other Authors:	Miller, James V., 1939-2008
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2009.
Series:	Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication.
Subjects:	Mississippian culture > Tennessee River Valley. Mississippian culture > Cumberland River Valley (Ky. and Tenn.) Figurines, Prehistoric > Tennessee River Valley. Figurines, Prehistoric > Cumberland River Valley (Ky. and Tenn.) Stone carving > Tennessee River Valley. Stone carving > Cumberland River Valley (Ky. and Tenn.) Tennessee River Valley > Antiquities. Cumberland River Valley (Ky. and Tenn.) > Antiquities. Antiquities. Figurines, Prehistoric. Mississippian culture. Stone carving. United States > Cumberland River Valley. United States > Tennessee River Valley.