Courtesy of the Stuttgart Agricultural Museum
This Web page illustrates three examples of many hundreds of prehistoric Mississippian
culture effigy vessels that have been excavated from ancient village sites in
eastern Arkansas. Effigy vessels are also known from adjoining regions of neighboring
states. They variously depict humans, naturalistic animals, and mythological
beings in earthenware. Though they collectively exhibit a generally shared artistic
tradition, they also reflect a range of stylistic diversity within that tradition.
The prehistoric Mississippian archaeological culture encompasses the ancestors of the Southeastern and Midwestern Native American peoples of history and present-day America.
Courtesy of the Stuttgart Agricultural Museum
Courtesy of the Stuttgart Agricultural Museum
Please direct inquiries to Dr. John H. House at jhhouse603@yahoo.com,
Arkansas Archeological
Survey
March 11, 2002
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