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NEW DATES FROM ZVEJNIEKI BURIAL GROUND GRAVES WITH ANTHROPOMORPHIC AND ZOOMORPHIC FIGURINES [PDF]
, 2018 This article discusses the imagery of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figurines which accompanied eleven burials in the Stone Age cemetery at Zvejnieki, Latvia.
Zagorska, Ilga; Latvian University, Institute of History of Latvia +2 more
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Anthropomorphic figurines, statuettes and jewelry from Urkesh An archaeological and historical study [PDF]
, 2021 Research concerning the anthropomorphic figurines and jewelry items discovered in Tell Mozan/ ancient Urkesh, a city dating back to the 4th millennium BC in north east Syria.
MAHMOUD, YASMINE
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Anthropomorphic Figurines and Fragments from Neolithic Crete and Thessaly: Analysis of their context, age, sex and gender [PDF]
, 2022 This thesis examines the subjects of context, age, sex and gender in the Neolithic Aegean, focusing on the regions of Crete and Thessaly through an analysis of anthropomorphic figurines.
Ramirez Valiente, Paz
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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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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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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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Bringing artifacts (back) to life
American Ethnologist, EarlyView.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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From artifact to icon: an analysis of the Venus figurines in archaeological literature and contemporary culture [PDF]
, 2005 This thesis examines the body of material known as the Venus figurines, which date from the European Upper Palaeolithic period. The argument proceeds in two stages: the first examines this material through a detailed textual analysis of the ...
Lander, Louise Muriel
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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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Topics in Cognitive Science, Volume 18, Issue 2, April 2026.Abstract The majority of Pleistocene figurative cave art in Western Europe consists of line drawings depicting large herbivores from the side view, and outlines were sometimes abbreviated to the head‐neck‐dorsal line. It is often assumed that the side view was used because it facilitates animal recognition compared to other views, and that abbreviated ...
Murillo Pagnotta +4 more
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