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Originally published: Little Rock: August House, 1987.

Advancing the study of prehistoric Mississippian art that began in Ancient Objects and Sacred Realms, this volume presents a groundbreaking examination of regional variations in the shared iconography of indigenous cultures in the southeastern United States.

Modern Westerners say the lights in the sky are stars, but culturally they are whatever we humans say they are. Some say they are Forces that determine human lives, some declare they are burning gaseous masses, and some see them as reminders of a gloried past by which elders can teach the young. This book offers a review of native American myths.

Lankford's volume focuses on the ancient North Americans and the ways they identified, patterned, ordered, and used the stars to light their culture and illuminate their traditions.

Presents a murder mystery unsolved for 160 years and an account of Arkansas in the decade following statehood. Opening with the senseless killing of a boy, this novel provides the quest for resolution that drives the characters - in their interwoven stories - in search of an answer to the identity of the killer.

The first edition of Bearing Witness brought together for the first time 176 slave narratives from the state of Arkansas. Now, this new edition adds ten previously undiscovered accounts. No one knew the truths of slavery better than the slaves themselves, but no one consulted them until the 1930s. Then, recognizing that this generation of unique witnesses would soon be lost to history, the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Proje...

Folklore as a serious adjunct to history, anthropology, and religious studies

Folklore as a serious adjunct to history, anthropology, and religious studies