Hamilton (1952) Plate 73, and Hamilton, et. Craig Mound as it appears today at the site of Spiro in eastern Oklahoma. "Resting Warrior", side view, effigy pipe of Missouri flint clay, Effigy pipe of figure smoking from a frog effigy pipe, Missouri flint clay, Effigy pipe of a man smoking a pipe, Missouri flint clay, 2 jasper and 1 Mill Creek chert ceremonial bifaces (from southern Illinois), Engraved whelk shell cup with raptor heads. Spirometry, from the Latin spiro "to breathe" and the Greek metron "measure" is one of the oldest and most commonly ordered tests of pulmonary function. Spiro artifacts provide one of the few windows into this world. Archaeologists have identified four distinct styles: the Braden Style characteristic of artifacts brought from Cahokia and the Craig A, B, and C styles that are local derivatives of the Braden Style.[11][12]. The people of the Spiro Mounds are believed to have been Caddoan speakers, like the modern Wichita, Kichai, Caddo, Pawnee, and Arikara. had been found in 1970 at a burial mound in Spiro in northern Le . item 1393.1A. Prehistoric American Volume XXXVII Number 3, 2003. spiromound-0022- Figure 22: This preserved the mounds until the Great Depression, when a group of diggers who called themselves the Picola Mining Company acquired the site and tore through the ancient structure, destroying the delicate feather capes and baskets that had survived within the mound-cavities for hundreds of years. . Good condition. Gustav's Library rare books of American Archaeology and the American . Since the late twentieth century, the Spiro Mounds site has been protected by the Oklahoma Historical Society and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[4]. The artifacts included works of fragile, perishable materials: textiles and feathers that had been uniquely preserved in the conditions of the closed chamber. What If She Never Existed? The goal of exhibition is to share the history of the Spiro culture from its humble beginnings to its rise as one of the premier cultural sites in all of North America. de Soto's forces also encountered numerous Caddo villages. Spiro Mound Village pamphlet . swords, and the three chipped chert maces that were purchased by Embossed Copper Plate - Identified as a peregrine falcon, the bird figure has a distinctive "weeping eye" motif that appears in many falcon depictions on religious paraphernalia associated with the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex - Craig Mound, Spiro Mound Complex - Eastern Oklahoma. Whos Who in Indian Relics, #5 (1980), where it is said; [11] Cahokia also influenced the styles of the artifacts made at Spiro. Spiro's location on the Arkansas River, one of the principal tributaries of the Mississippi River, gave the Spiro traders access to the Mississippian heartland. Newspapers would later call the find an American "King Tut's tomb". An artifact displayed a the Spiro Mounds exhibit. The concept of an axis mundi the point where different cosmic domains converge is found in many cultures around the world. $170. An archaeological find unmatched in modern times. This artifact was recovered from Craig Mound has been called "an American King Tut's Tomb". and Robert Phelps of Marion, Ohio, arranged by Henry C. Shetrone,
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