In 1981, James F. Cherry embarked on what evolved into a passionate, personal quest to identify and document all the known headpots of Mississippian Indian culture from northeast Arkansas and the bootheel region of southeast Missouri. Produced by two groups the Spanish called the Casqui and Pacaha and dating circa AD 1400-1700, headpots occur, with few exceptions, only in a small region of Arkansas and Missouri. Relatively little is known about these headpots: did they portray kinsmen or enemies, the living or the dead or ...
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In 1981, James F. Cherry embarked on what evolved into a passionate, personal quest to identify and document all the known headpots of Mississippian Indian culture from northeast Arkansas and the bootheel region of southeast Missouri. Produced by two groups the Spanish called the Casqui and Pacaha and dating circa AD 1400-1700, headpots occur, with few exceptions, only in a small region of Arkansas and Missouri. Relatively little is known about these headpots: did they portray kinsmen or enemies, the living or the dead or were they used in ceremonies, in everyday life, or exclusively for the sepulcher? Cherry's decades of research have culminated in the lavishly illustrated The Headpots of Northeast Arkansas and Southern Pemiscot County, Missouri, a fascinating, comprehensive catalog of 138 identified classical style headpots and an invaluable resource for understanding the meaning of these remarkable ceramic vessels.
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Near Fine Condition in Near Fine jacket. Book. 9781557288974. From the foreword by Robert C. Mainfort, Jr. : "This is an important volume on a number of counts. A simple compendium of the images presented here would, in itself, have been a publication of value....But Jim Cherry has gone well beyond a pictorial presentation. The meticulous documentation of provenance for each vessel...makes the volume indispensable to those interested in the late prehistory of the Midsouth." The book is printed on coated stock and heavily illustrated with color images of each of the headpots. Size: Quarto (11-13"). 227 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. There is a light smudge on the outside page edges. Near Fine hardcover in burgundy cloth over boards with bright gilt title stamped on the spine. Corners are sharp. There is a slight lean to the spine from how the book had been shelved. Near Fine dust jacket with slight rubbing and a bit of shelf wear along the edges. Now protected in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Archaeology; United States; Modern; Indigenous Cultures. ISBN: 1557288976. ISBN/EAN: 9781557288974. Main Picture: Cherry (2007), Headpots of Northeast Arkansas and Southern Pemiscot County, Missouri-Front panel and spine of dust jacket. Picture 2: Cherry (2007), Headpots of Northeast Arkansas and Southern Pemiscot County, Missouri-Rear panel of dust jacket and page edges. Picture 3: Cherry (2007), Headpots of Northeast Arkansas and Southern Pemiscot County, Missouri-Front cover and spine. Picture 4: Cherry (2007), Headpots of Northeast Arkansas and Southern Pemiscot County, Missouri-Rear cover and page edges. Picture 5: Cherry (2007), Headpots of Northeast Arkansas and Southern Pemiscot County, Missouri-Frontispiece and Title page. Picture 6: Cherry (2007), Headpots of Northeast Arkansas and Southern Pemiscot County, Missouri-First page. Picture 7: Cherry (2007), Headpots of Northeast Arkansas and Southern Pemiscot County, Missouri-Sample page with examples of the potographic documentation. Picture 8: Cherry (2007), Headpots of Northeast Arkansas and Southern Pemiscot County, Missouri-Sample of additional information: "Eye Surrounds". Picture 9: Cherry (2007), Headpots of Northeast Arkansas and Southern Pemiscot County, Missouri-Graph of Peripheral Ear Perforations and first page of Dates and Finders list. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1386.
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