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- Title
A SNAKE RATTLE EFFIGY FROM CA-LAN-62, LOCUS A.
- Authors
KOERPER, HENRY C.; PETERSON, POLLY A.; DOUGLASS, JOHN G.
- Abstract
Rattlesnake imagery/symbology figured prominently in the Native worldview of coastal southern California and beyond. Material manifestations of such included three-dimensional representations of the viper's tail rattle. The primary focus here is description and interpretation of one such example, a soapstone effigy excavated at CA-LAN-62, Locus A. Also, our article brings together varied snake lore as augmentation to a recent larger treatment of the rattler in Native culture (see Koerper 2006). We draw on these background data to suggest possible meanings that once attached to the LAN-62A artifact, particularly as regards its association with mortuary remains.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; RATTLESNAKES; EFFIGIES; HISTORIC sites; ETHNIC groups
- Publication
Proceedings of the Society for California Archaeology, 2008, Vol 21, p134
- ISSN
0897-0947
- Publication type
Article