Mnemonic Parallelism and the Cosmologies Materialized in Late Mississippian Pecan Point Headpots
Mnemonic Parallelism and the Cosmologies Materialized in Late Mississippian Pecan Point Headpots
Giles considers how pre-Columbian imagery, cosmological schema, and ceremonial practices were intertwined with and structured the collective memory of (at least) certain Late Mississippian communities in the Central Mississippi Valley. Giles focuses on how imagery incised into the visages of several Pecan Point headpots is linked to Mississippian cosmological schema and historic Native American prairie-plains tattooing traditions and ceremonies. In particular, Giles explores how layered models of the cosmos were depicted on the visages of several Pecan Point headpots, as well as the way they typify (mnemonic) parallelism. Additionally, Giles examines how the symbolic associations of Pecan Point headpots, including the way in which they might have exemplified beliefs about tattooing, human bodies, lifecycles, and mortuary practices.
Keywords: Late Mississippian, headpots, mnemonic, ceremonial practices, cosmological schema, pre-Columbian imagery, tattooing traditions, mortuary practices
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