The New World Figurine Project
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The New World Figurine Project
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Author : Terrance Lynn Stocker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
The New World Figurine Project written by Terrance Lynn Stocker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Art categories.
The New World Figurine Project
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Author : Terrance Lynn Stocker
language : en
Publisher: Research Press (UT)
Release Date : 1991
The New World Figurine Project written by Terrance Lynn Stocker and has been published by Research Press (UT) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
Human Figuration And Fragmentation In Preclassic Mesoamerica
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Author : Julia Guernsey
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-02-27
Human Figuration And Fragmentation In Preclassic Mesoamerica written by Julia Guernsey and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-27 with Art categories.
Explores the social significance of representation of the human body in Preclassic Mesoamerica.
Mississippian Culture Heroes Ritual Regalia And Sacred Bundles
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Author : David H. Dye
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2021-07-13
Mississippian Culture Heroes Ritual Regalia And Sacred Bundles written by David H. Dye and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-13 with Social Science categories.
In Mississippian Culture Heroes, Ritual Regalia, and Sacred Bundles, archaeologists analyze evidence of the religious beliefs and ritual practices of Mississippian people through the lens of indigenous ontologies and material culture. Employing archaeological, ethnographic, and ethnohistoric evidence, the contributors explore the recent emphasis on iconography as an important component for interpreting eastern North America’s ancient past. The research in this volume emphasizes the animistic nature of animals and objects, erasing the false divide between people and other-than-human beings. Drawing on an array of empirical approaches, the contributors demonstrate the importance of understanding beliefs and ritual and the significance of investigating how people in the past practiced religion and ritual by crafting, circulating, using, and ultimately decommissioning material items and spaces, including ceramic effigies, rock art, sacred bundles, shell gorgets, stone figurines, and symbolic weaponry.
A Companion To Gender Prehistory
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Author : Diane Bolger
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2012-09-25
A Companion To Gender Prehistory written by Diane Bolger and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-25 with Social Science categories.
An authoritative guide on gender prehistory for researchers, instructors and students in anthropology, archaeology, and gender studies Provides the most up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of gender archaeology, with an exclusive focus on prehistory Offers critical overviews of developments in the archaeology of gender over the last 30 years, as well as assessments of current trends and prospects for future research Focuses on recent Third Wave approaches to the study of gender in early human societies, challenging heterosexist biases, and investigating the interfaces between gender and status, age, cognition, social memory, performativity, the body, and sexuality Features numerous regional and thematic topics authored by established specialists in the field, with incisive coverage of gender research in prehistoric and protohistoric cultures of Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas and the Pacific
Interpreting Ancient Figurines
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Author : Richard G. Lesure
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2011-02-21
Interpreting Ancient Figurines written by Richard G. Lesure and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-21 with Social Science categories.
This book examines ancient figurines from several world areas to address recurring challenges in the interpretation of prehistoric art. Sometimes figurines from one context are perceived to resemble those from another. Richard G. Lesure asks whether such resemblances play a role in our interpretations. Early interpreters seized on the idea that figurines were recurringly female and constructed the fanciful myth of a primordial Neolithic Goddess. Contemporary practice instead rejects interpretive leaps across contexts. Dr Lesure offers a middle path: a new framework for assessing the relevance of particular comparisons. He develops the argument in case studies that consider figurines from Paleolithic Europe, the Neolithic Near East and Formative Mesoamerica.
The Oxford Handbook Of Prehistoric Figurines
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Author : Timothy Insoll
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017-04-13
The Oxford Handbook Of Prehistoric Figurines written by Timothy Insoll and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-13 with Social Science categories.
Figurines dating from prehistory have been found across the world but have never before been considered globally. The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Figurines is the first book to offer a comparative survey of this kind, bringing together approaches from across the landscape of contemporary research into a definitive resource in the field. The volume is comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible, with dedicated and fully illustrated chapters covering figurines from the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australasia and the Pacific laid out by geographical location and written by the foremost scholars in figurine studies; wherever prehistoric figurines are found they have been expertly described and examined in relation to their subject matter, form, function, context, chronology, meaning, and interpretation. Specific themes that are discussed by contributors include, for example, theories of figurine interpretation, meaning in processes and contexts of figurine production, use, destruction and disposal, and the cognitive and social implications of representation. Chronologically, the coverage ranges from the Middle Palaeolithic through to areas and periods where an absence of historical sources renders figurines 'prehistoric' even though they might have been produced in the mid-2nd millennium AD, as in parts of sub-Saharan Africa. The result is a synthesis of invaluable insights into past thinking on the human body, gender, identity, and how the figurines might have been used, either practically, ritually, or even playfully.
Visualizing The Sacred
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Author : George E. Lankford
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2014-05-23
Visualizing The Sacred written by George E. Lankford and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-23 with Social Science categories.
The prehistoric native peoples of the Mississippi River Valley and other areas of the Eastern Woodlands of the United States shared a complex set of symbols and motifs that constituted one of the greatest artistic traditions of the pre-Columbian Americas. Traditionally known as the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex, these artifacts of copper, shell, stone, clay, and wood were the subject of the groundbreaking 2007 book Ancient Objects and Sacred Realms: Interpretations of Mississippian Iconography, which presented a major reconstruction of the rituals, cosmology, ideology, and political structures of the Mississippian peoples. Visualizing the Sacred advances the study of Mississippian iconography by delving into the regional variations within what is now known as the Mississippian Iconographic Interaction Sphere (MIIS). Bringing archaeological, ethnographic, ethnohistoric, and iconographic perspectives to the analysis of Mississippian art, contributors from several disciplines discuss variations in symbols and motifs among major sites and regions across a wide span of time and also consider what visual symbols reveal about elite status in diverse political environments. These findings represent the first formal identification of style regions within the Mississippian Iconographic Interaction Sphere and call for a new understanding of the MIIS as a network of localized, yet interrelated religious systems that experienced both continuity and change over time.
Archaeology Of Communities
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Author : Marcello-Andrea Canuto
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-11-12
Archaeology Of Communities written by Marcello-Andrea Canuto and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-12 with Social Science categories.
The Archaeology of Communities develops a critical evaluation of community and shows that it represents more than a mere aggregation of households. This collection bridges the gap between studies of ancient societies and ancient households. The community is taken to represent more than a mere aggregation of households, it exists in part through shared identities, as well as frequent interaction and inter-household integration. Drawing on case studies which range in location from the Mississippi Valley to New Mexico, from the Southern Andes to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Madison County, Virginia, the book explores and discusses communities from a whole range of periods, from Pre-Columbian to the late Classic. Discussions of actual communities are reinforced by strong debate on, for example, the distinction between 'Imagined Community' and 'Natural Community.'
Worlds Of Gender
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Author : Sarah M. Nelson
language : en
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Release Date : 2007
Worlds Of Gender written by Sarah M. Nelson and has been published by Rowman Altamira this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Social Science categories.
Part IV of Nelson's 'Handbook of Gender in Archaeology' (2006). Examines the archaeology of women's lives and activities around the globe.