File:Mound 72 sacrifice ceremony HRoe 2013.jpg

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Description	English: An illustration of the ritual sacrifice by strangulation of 53 young women (aged 15 to 25) at the Mound 72 burial of an important personage, now referred to as the "Birdman" because of the falcon shaped arrangement of beads around his body. Mound 72 is a ridge-top mound at the Cahokia Mounds Site, a large Mississippian culture mound center located in present day Madison County, Illinois.
Date	2 April 2013
Source	Own work
Author	Heironymous Rowe

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Image title	An illustration of the ritual sacrifice by strangulation of 53 of young women (aged 15 to 25) at the Mound 72 burial of an important personage, now referred to as the "Birdman" because of the falcon shaped arrangement of beads around his body. Mound 72 is a ridgetop mound at the Cahokia Mounds Site, a large Mississippian culture mound center located in present day Madison County, Illinois.
Camera manufacturer	NIKON
Camera model	COOLPIX P510
Author	Herb Roe
Copyright holder	All rights held by the artist, Herb Roe, 2013.
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F Number	f/3
ISO speed rating	140
Date and time of data generation	08:18, 10 January 2013
Lens focal length	4.3 mm
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Short title	Mound 72 human sacrifice_HRoe_2013
Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	72 dpi
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Software used	Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
File change date and time	16:38, 2 April 2013
Y and C positioning	Co-sited
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Date and time of digitizing	08:18, 10 January 2013
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Flash	Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression
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Color space	sRGB
File source	Digital still camera
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GPS tag version	84.84.15.05
Supported Flashpix version	1
Image width	400 px
Image height	265 px
Date metadata was last modified	11:38, 2 April 2013
Writer	Herb Roe
Unique ID of original document	xmp.did:0F7923D2125BE211BCF3FD203C89D036
Copyright status	Copyrighted
Keywords	mississippian culture mound 72 human sacrifice cahokia birdman 53 women young women virgins herb roe native americans american indians indian mound woodhenge ceremony procession
IIM version	32,768

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