Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Typical Platform Mound

Accession Number: 
90171
Call Number: 
aCjUS y p
Order Title: 
Native American Architecture (90142-90229)
Type of View: 
plan or model
View Title: 
drawing showing layers of earth added in stages, generally upon the burial of a dignitary, with the chief's house at the summit
Image description: 
Style/period: Mississippian ; cdb
Image Rights: 
copyright protected
Source Institution: 
NCSU Libraries
Collection: 
Design Library Image Collection
Culture: 
Native American
Work Types: 
Built Environment; earthworks (engineering works); mounds
Preferred Title: 
Typical Platform Mound
Agent Display: 
Unknown (Native American)
Date: 
ca. 1200-1700 (creation)
Style/Period: 
Native American
Style/Period: 
Pre-Columbian
Style/Period: 
Mississippian
Classification: 
Architecture