Male summer garb - the deer skin loincloth, Cahokia Mounds Museum.

Ethnohistorical accounts and common sense suggest that tanned deer hides were a primary material for clothing. American Bottom heat and humidity likely made for minimal summer dress. In comparison to the surrounding prairies the milder winters of the Mississippi River valley allowed for relatively unspecialized winter garb, although it seems likely that furs and hide capes were much sought after for warm bedding and dress.

Sponemann figurine - impliment or specialized device?

Finally, in line with this material classification are the flint clay figurines. These handsome pieces are replete with religious and civic symbolism. In some respects they may be regarded not as implements, but as specialized devices because of their presumed role in communicating and serving the supernatural.

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