… and hidden knowledge” (Reilly and Garber 2007:2) that were an important component of the
… search for answers to questions about the original purpose and meaning of Serpent Mound. …

… While other interpretations remain plausible, we offer that … investigations of significant
iconographic objects may be informed … State University including particularly Kent Reilly, George …

… readings thematically relating to the Great Bird and his … to Kent Reilly and his colleagues
(Reilly and Garber 2007; … relate to many depictions of such objects on top of cropped feather-…

… with comparisons to earlier Mississippian imagery. In this iconographic analysis, I focus on
Pecan … Additionally, this chapter would have been impossible to write without James Cherry’s …

… linked to the Mississippian Iconographic Interaction Sphere (sensu Reilly and Garber 2007:
3… the distinction is important and can contribute to our interpretations of Mississippian regalia. …

… Native North America (Lankford Citation2007), but I learned … Mississippian iconography
has historically been interpreted … Reilly (Citation2004) theorized Mississippian iconography as …

… us that, while I may speak of them in this chapter as objects, … the ogee was a" symbol of
unknown meaning” can surely be … I am grateful to Kent Reilly, the workshop's founder and host, …

… ancient Caddo communities created meaning by understanding the sign potentials between
objects, practices enacted between other things … Reilly’s unwavering passion and advice …

… Kent Reilly III, have labored to overcome the barrier of strictly … Mississippian (last period before
the Historic) symbolism is … of interpretation of graphic imagery on artifacts–ie, iconography, …

… cultural items as works of art and as such highly valued trade items; … According to research
conducted by the late James Marlen, … Kent Reilly III of Texas State University and esteemed …