The Mississippian Cultures

Fragment of cord marked, shell tempered jar. Cahokia Museum.

Chert hoe. Note use polish. Cahokia Museum.

Cahokia beaker. This is the only jar of this kind found at Cahokia. Found east of Monk's Mound with a presumed date between 1050 and 1150, it may have some stylistic affinity with a shell cup from Spiro in Oklahoma. Cahokia Museum.

Animal effigy rimmed bowls are found in Mississippian period sites from Arkansas to Georgia. This bowl from the Cahokia area represents a crested wood duck. The head is hollow and filled with pebbles to produce a rattle effect. Cahokia Museum.

Animal effigy bowl, possibly representing a beaver carrying a log. Cahokia Museum.

Ceramic effigy vessel of mother and nursing child, found in a small mound in East St. Louis, Illinois. St. Louis Museum.

Forward to the next page of this essay

Back to the previous page

Back to Online Essays

	Department of Anthropology
	copyright © 2002 University of Illinois, All rights reserved.

Questions and Comments to Brenda Farnell