The Swastika, the Earliest Known Symbol, and Its Migration / With Observations on the Migration of Certain Industries in Prehistoric Times

by Thomas Wilson

Fig. 272.
ENGRAVED SHELL DISK.
Tennessee. Three-armed volute (triskelion).

Fig. 273.
ENGRAVED SHELL DISK.
Tennessee. Three-armed
volute (triskelion).

[Fig. 271] represents the back or convex side of the disk shown in [fig. 270]. The long curved lines indicate the laminations of the shell, and the three crescent-shaped figures near the center are perforations resulting from the deep engraving of the three lines of the volute on the concave side. The stone grave in which this ornament was found occupied the summit of a mound on the banks of the Cumberland River, opposite Nashville, Tenn.

Fig. 274.
ENGRAVED SHELL DISK.
Tennessee. Three-armed volute (triskelion).