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Danish Journal of Archaeology, 2014 The current article describes in detail the Lejre figurine found in 2009, inside the mail hall-area at the settlement. The silver figurine depicts a small, anthropomorphic person seated on a throne, with a larger bird on each side.
Tom Christensen
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Les Carnets de l’ACoSt, 2016 A Roman terracotta figurine representing a grotesque ithyphallic male figure with the characteristics of a cock is discussed in relation to its role as an apotropaic device.
Simone Voegtle
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Analysis of fingerprints on a PPNB figurine from the Tell Halula site, Syria
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2023 With the advent of the Neolithic, the first manipulation of clay for various purposes was observed. Fingerprints could be imprinted due to the plastic properties of clay.
Albert Epitié Dyowe Roig +3 more
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Heritage Science, 2023 In this paper, we propose a method for creating a ceramic Venus figurine replica from a mold in the Museum of Ceramic Techniques collection in Koło, Poland stored at the museum for many years. Moreover, none of the Venus figurines in this collection have
Sunita Saha +3 more
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Between earth and water: a wooden snake figurine from the Neolithic site of Järvensuo 1
Antiquity, 2021 Figurines made of wood, bone, amber, clay and lithics are occasionally discovered in prehistoric contexts in Fennoscandia, but the discovery, in 2020, of a unique wooden snake figurine during the excavations of a Neolithic wetland site in Finland ...
Satu Koivisto, Antti Lahelma
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Re-examining Jebel Moya figurines: new directions for figurine studies in Sudan
Azania, 2021 This paper builds upon the excavation work carried out to date at Jebel Moya, south-central Sudan. It focuses on the surviving figurine assemblage from Wellcome’s excavations (1911–1914), curated at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University ...
I. Vella Gregory
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Efficient Interfacial Solar Steam Generator with Controlled Macromorphology Derived from Flour via “Dough Figurine” Technology [PDF]
Energy Technology, 2019 Solar-driven interface steam generator (SISG) is a most promising technology for seawater desalination and wastewater purification. A shape- and size-controlled, low-cost, eco-friendly solar-absorber material is urgently desired for practical application
Zhengtong Li +6 more
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A clay myrmillo figurine from Territorium Troesmense
Arheologia Moldovei, 2022 The article is devoted to the analysis of a clay figurine discovered stray find in the area of the Cerna village during the 1980’s. The findspot is close to the legionary headquarter of Legio V Macedonica from Troesmis (near modern Turcoaia village in ...
George Nuțu
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Who claims this stone? Searching for meaning in my mother’s greenstone Maya figurine
Maya America, 2023 The ekphrastic poem and the essay presented here revolves around a greenstone figurine that was found in Guatemala about a hundred years ago. I composed the poem as a way to capture the thoughts that passed through my mind as I contemplated this
Grace Keyes
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Ceramics, 2022 This paper considers the results of an examination of a polychrome glazed anthropomorphic ceramic figurine from the Prmor’ye region (southern Russian Far East) discovered at one of the Jin period (1115–1234 CE) archaeological sites.
Irina S. Zhushchikhovskaya +1 more
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