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THE ROLE OF IRON AGE STELAE IN THE CREATION OF A SYMBOLIC LANDSCAPE ON THE ATLANTIC COAST OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA

Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 44, Issue 2, Page 159-181, May 2025.
Summary This paper investigates a complex archaeological landscape on the Iberian peninsula’s Atlantic coast. The present‐day landscape is characterized by dense forest and abrupt topography, posing challenges for a systematic research program of landscape archaeology.
Jagoba Hidalgo‐Masa, Jesús García Sánchez   +1 more
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Text, time, and travel: temporal pathways of postsocialism and Islam

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 217-239, March 2025.
Abstract As the concept of postsocialism faces increased scrutiny, there is a call to expand its spatiotemporal scope beyond socialist contexts in order to reclaim its analytical capacity. In Azerbaijan, the quiet resurgence of tezkirahs – biographical anthologies rooted in both the Islamic and Soviet traditions – presents an opportunity to explore how
Serkan Yolaçan
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Prehistoric Figurines in Italy [PDF]

, 2017
An overview is provided of anthropomorphic figurines in peninsular Italy and Sicily between the Palaeolithic and Copper Age. Some updated patterns in the data and contextual interpretations of the production, use, and deposition of figurines are ...
Skeates, Robin, Robin Skeates
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Consulting the things of the spirits: Evidencing unseen presences in missionary collections

Museum Anthropology, Volume 48, Issue 1, Spring 2025.
Abstract Contributing to current efforts to grapple with museums' colonial legacies, this article takes the question of evidence as an entry point to unlock the multi‐layered make‐up of African spiritual artifacts in missionary collections. Focussing on Dutch and German missionary collections of legbawo and dzokawo from the Ewe region in Ghana and Togo,
Marleen de Witte, Birgit Meyer
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Everything Was Better in the Good Old Days: On the End of the LBK and the Emergence of Lengyel Culture Figurines

Journal of Neolithic Archaeology
The beginning of the 5th millennium cal BC saw profound changes, with the disintegration of the Linear Pottery culture (LBK) into smaller post-LBK cultural phenomena.
Valeska Becker, Corina Fiutak, Rebecca Bristow, Rune Iversen   +3 more
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Material expertise: The case of the craft entrepreneur Lucie Rie

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Volume 18, Issue 4, Page 686-712, December 2024.
Abstract Research Summary By following the historical case of the world‐renowned potter Luce Rie, we study the relationships between the accrual of material expertise, entrepreneurial actions, and successful craft venture outcomes. Drawing from Sennett's material consciousness framework and Fisher's resource‐based propositions of effective ...
Robin Holt, Rene Wiedner
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Qaryat al‐Fāw/Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim: On the identity of the god Kahl

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 136-154, November 2024.
Abstract Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim (‘the City of [the god] Kahl’) is the Ancient South Arabian name of the modern site of Qaryat al‐Fāw. This compound refers to the tutelary deity of the city, in this case, a god called Kahl. However, the identity of this Kahl is obscure.
Juan de Lara
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Anthropomorphic figurines of the Usatovo Culture

, 2019
Усатовская культура – один из ярких феноменов раннего бронзового века в Северо-Западном Причерноморье. Открытие и изучение основных памятников этой культуры связано, преимущественно, с деятельностью археологов Одесского археологического музея, среди них ...
Бурдо, Н.Б.
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Chapter 3. In the beginning: Exploring integrity of anthropomorphic images in prehistoric Europe

, 2022
The main aim of this paper is to offer an updated overview of the origin of human selfrepresentation. Anthropomorphic figurines are indeed one of the most discussed expressions of the symbolic imaginary of Homo sapiens.
Starnini E
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FINGERPRINTS ON FIGURINES FROM THONIS‐HERACLEION

Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 43, Issue 4, Page 399-418, November 2024.
Summary This paper studies ancient fingerprints to produce an estimate of the age and sex of the makers of several terracotta figurines found at Thonis‐Heracleion in Egypt, dated to the Late and Ptolemaic periods (seventh–second centuries BC). This is only the second study of its kind to discuss the use of ancient fingerprint impressions from Ancient ...
Leonie Hoff
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