Research Catalog

Title

The headpots of northeast Arkansas and southern Pemiscot County, Missouri / James F. Cherry.

Author

Cherry, James F., 1948-

Publication

Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2009.

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Details

Description

xvi, 227 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 29 cm.

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books

Subject

• Effigy pottery > Saint Francis River Valley (Mo. and Ark.) > Classification
• Mississippian pottery > Saint Francis River Valley (Mo. and Ark.)
• Saint Francis River Valley (Mo. and Ark.) > Antiquities

Genre/Form

Electronic books

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-216) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / Robert C. Mainfort, Jr. -- The Study of the Headpots -- The Late Mississippian Period -- Scope of the Study -- Methodology -- History of Publications -- The Social Context of the Early Excavators -- Inventory and Descriptions of Classical Headpots -- Reproductions: History and Examples -- Mistakes in the Literature -- Hair Patterns -- Eye Surrounds -- Facial Decorative "Tattoo" Patterns -- County Frequencies and Geographical Distribution -- Metric Dimensions -- Peripheral Ear Perforations -- Dates and Finders of Headpots.

ISBN

• 9781557288974 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 1557288976 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2008036619

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library