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The concept of a Neolithic “mother-goddess” cult, which saw the light of day in evolutionist writings of the 19th century, was adopted by archaeology and is much debated even today.
Jean Guilaine
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Representing the Indus Body: Sex, Gender, Sexuality, and the Anthropomorphic Terracotta Figurines from Harappa [PDF]
Despite significant theoretical advances, there is still no universally accepted paradigm for the investigation of sex and gender and little critical research on the subject in South Asian archaeology.
Clark, Sharri R.
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Visually-compelling small finds have traditionally been examined for their appearances. These artefacts, consisting of figurines, ornaments and body adornments, for example, have been primarily studied for the meanings that the images they project might ...
Murphy, Celine
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The Halaf cultural horizon occurred during the fifth millennium B.C. (uncalibrated) and extended throughout upper Mesopotamia, including southeastern Anatolia.
Belcher, Ellen H.
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Household Rituals and Merchant Caravanners: The Phenomenon of Early Bronze Age Donkey Burials from Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath, Israel. [PDF]
Greenfield HJ +5 more
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Science Revealing Ancient Magic: Phytolith Evidence from the Early Chalcolithic Site of Isaiia (Eastern Romania). [PDF]
Tencariu FA +5 more
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The Nabataean Terracotta Figurines [PDF]
The terracotta figurines, just like other cultural materials, are uniform in their distribution. The Nabataean Terracotta figurines were found, so far, almost everywhere in both public and private places.
El-Khouri, Lamia
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Predynastic Egyptian Figurines
Anthropomorphic figurines attributed to fourth millennium bc predynastic Egypt are exceptionally rare. This chapter focuses its attention on the even smaller subset of those representations that can be contextualized archaeologically. This more selective
Alice Stevenson
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New anthropomorphic figurines from the forest-steppe Trans-Urals
Two villagers from the Kunashak region of Chelyabinsk oblast donated the State Historical Museum of the Southern Urals (Chelyabinsk) two anthropomorphic figurines. They were found near Karino Village, Kunashakskiy District, on the right bank of the Sinara River. Besides, there is another anthropomorphic figurine probably originating from this area. The
Alexander D. Tairov, Aleksey D. Shapiro
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Figurines from Tell Balatah/Shechem
Problem The Drew-McCormick Expedition conducted six seasons of excavation at the site of Tell Balâtah/Shechem between 1957-‐1968. During those campaigns they uncovered several anthropomorphic and zoomorphic (clay and stone) figurines.
Moody, Jacob A.
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