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Българско е-Списание за Археология, 2021 The paper presents two types of small artefacts: anthropomorphic figurines and miniature beads, all of which were acquired during the excavations of the Early Neolithic settlement at Ilindentsi during 2011–2018.
Małgorzata Grębska-Kulow +2 more
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Archaeologia Lituana, 2022 Cultural interactions between the societies of Old Europe and the Steppe ‘Kurgan people’ played a significant role in the academic writings of Maria Gimbutas.
Mykyta Ivanov, Mykola Tupciyenko
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Current Swedish ArchaeologyAnthropomorphic clay figurines comprise an enigmatic category of finds associated with Pitted Ware culture sites during the latter part of the middle Neolithic period (c. 2900–2300 BC) in the Baltic Sea region.
Tobias Lindström
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Domination of Women? Gender Representation in the Corpus of Late Neolithic Anthropomorphic Figurines
Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2021 Since the inception of the discipline of archaeology, figurines have been considered as the basis for research into the praehistoric social order and religious ideas.
Jasna Vuković
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Anthropomorphic figurines, gynocentrism and Gimbutas’ reception inside archaeology and beyond
Lietuvos archeologija, 2021 Gimbutas’ topicalisation of gynocentrism was of great significance in stimulating the study of figurines, influencing the humanities beyond archaeology, as well as a variety of international socio-political movements. The creations have a long tradition of being linked to fertility and suffer a predominantly onesided treatment in research.
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Archeologické Rozhledy, 2020 The article aims to present the results of the analysis of eight Neolithic ceramic figurines from the Lengyel culture settlement Těšetice-Kyjovice – Sutny, Czech Republic.
Ludmila Kaňáková +4 more
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Bringing artifacts (back) to life
American Ethnologist, Volume 53, Issue 3, Page 268-282, August 2026.Abstract Museums’ ethnographic collections can be conceptualized as affective forces—relational intensities that emerge between human and more‐than‐human actors, unfold over time, and are embedded in and co‐shape sociomaterial environments. Drawing on debates in the anthropology of objects and political ontology, I develop this perspective through long‐
Hansjörg Dilger
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The Finding of a Bronze “Freak of Nature” in the Samara Volga Region
Археология евразийских степей, 2022 This publication introduces into scientific discourse a fragment of a bronze anthropomorphic figurine from the archaeological collections of the Samara Museum for History and Regional Studies named after P.V. Alabin.
Anna F. Kochkina
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American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 190, Issue 1, May 2026.ABSTRACT Objectives This study presents a bioarcheological analysis of skeletal remains from Nahal Yarmuth 38 (NY38), a distinctive Middle Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B site in central Israel. The research aimed to reveal the demographic composition, origins, and lifeways of the NY38 people, to contextualize the site's unique archeological features within ...
Yulia Makoviychuk +6 more
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Les Carnets de l’ACoSt, 2017 This book is a critical examination of representations of the body in the Indus civilization, focusing on the anthropomorphic terracotta figurines from Harappa and using more flexible notions of sex, gender, and sexuality to explore Indus conceptions of ...
Sharri Clark
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