  Location in Illinois today | |
| Location | Southwest of Carlinville in Macoupin County, Illinois. |
|---|---|
| Region | Central Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39°12′02″N 90°00′49″W / 39.20055°N 90.01369°W |
| History | |
| Cultures | Mississippian culture |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural details | Number of monuments: |
The Starr Village and Mound Group ( 11MP3), is a Mississippian culture archaeological site located on a bluff overlooking Macoupin Creek southwest of Carlinville in Macoupin County, Illinois. [1]
Artifacts
The "Macoupin Creek figurine" (formerly the "Piasa Creek Figure pipe") is a Mississippian stone statue found at the site in a stone box grave sometime late in the nineteenth century. It measures 20.3 centimeters (8.0 in) in height [2] and depicts a shaman kneeling with a gourd rattle in one hand and a snake or snakeskin wrapped around his neck. [3] The figure also has conch shell and bead ear ornaments and a raccoon skin headdress.
Because of the age of the burial (Early Sand Prairie Phase 1250 CE) and the time of the statue's believed manufacture ( Stirling Phase 1050 to 1200 CE), it is posited that the figure was a curated heirloom, buried long after its manufacture. [4] It is now in the collection of the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [2]
See also
References
- ^ Conrad, Lawrence A. (2000-06-30). "The Middle Mississippian Cultures of the Central Illinois River Valley". In Emerson, Thomas E.; Lewis, R. Barry (eds.). Cahokia and the Hinterlands: Middle Mississippian Cultures of the Midwest. University of Illinois Press. pp. 90–100. ISBN 978-0-252-06878-2.
- ^ a b Townsend, Richard F.; Sharp, Richard V., eds. (2004-10-11). Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand: American Indian Art of the Ancient Midwest and South. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300106015.
- ^ Emerson, Thomas E. (1997). Cahokia and the Archaeology of Power. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0817308889.
- ^ Emerson, Thomas E.; Lewis, R. Barry, eds. (October 15, 1999). Cahokia and the Hinterlands: Middle Mississippian Cultures of the Midwest. University of Illinois Press. pp. 89–91. ISBN 978-0-252-06878-2.
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