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This hammered copper artifact illustrates an Indigenous individual using a bird outfit and holding a severed head and a mace.
(Image credit: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (CC0))
This hammered copper artifact illustrates an Indigenous individual using a bird outfit and holding a severed head and a mace.
(Image credit: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (CC0))
FAST FACTS
Call: “Birdman” copper plate
What it is: A copper plate with a hammered design
Where it is from: Cahokia Mounds, Illinois
When it was made: 13th century
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Kristina Killgrove is a personnel author at Live Science with a concentrate on archaeology and paleoanthropology news. Her posts have actually likewise appeared in places such as Forbes, Smithsonian, and Mental Floss. Kristina holds a Ph.D. in biological sociology and an M.A. in classical archaeology from the University of North Carolina, along with a B.A. in Latin from the University of Virginia, and she was previously a university teacher and scientist. She has actually gotten awards from the Society for American Archaeology and the American Anthropological Association for her science composing.
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