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A Paleolithic bird figurine from the Lingjing site, Henan, China
PLoS ONE, 2020 The recent identification of cave paintings dated to 42–40 ka BP in Borneo and Sulawesi highlights the antiquity of painted representations in this region. However, no instances of three-dimensional portable art, well attested in Europe since at least 40
Zhan-Yang Li +6 more
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De-constructing terracotta female figurines: A chalcolithic case-study [PDF]
, 2015 We report the results of detailed imaging studies of the inner structure of a terracotta female figurine dated to the 6th millennium BC, most probably from the Lakes region of Turkey, now kept at the Nati- onal Museum of Oriental Art \u201cGiuseppe Tucci\
Pilato, D. +4 more
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Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental research, 2020 Excavations during the summer of 2017 in the earlier phases of the courtyard of the palace at Tel Kabri turned up pieces of figurines as well as horn cores within a context of Phase 4 or 5 (late 19th to early 18th centuries b.c.e.).
A. Yasur‐Landau +3 more
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Of gods and (wo)men: Two wooden figurines from Sheikh Abd el-Qurna [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2023 This article discusses two wooden figurines discovered by an expedition of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, in tomb MMA 1152 in the area of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Theban necropolis.
Marta Kaczanowicz
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The early Cycladic settlement at Dhaskalio, Keros: preliminary report of the 2008 excavation season [PDF]
, 2009 The 2008 excavations on the small island of Dhaskalio opposite Dhaskalio Kavos on the Cycladic island of Keros are reviewed. An account is given of the survey, recording many walls of the early Bronze Age, and of the excavations, continued from the 2007 ...
Brodie, N. +3 more
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Camera praehistorica, 2020 In 1939, excavators uncovered in Hohlenstein-StadelCave nearly 200 mammoth ivory fragments that were refitted as a therianthrope figurine with the head and upper body of a cave lion and the lower body and legs of a human being. It was named the Lion Man.
S. Wolf +3 more
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Internet Archaeology, 2015 Peer comment on A Figurine and its Scale, a Scale and its Figurine by Fotis ...
Jesse W. Stephen
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A Critique on the Book Pre-Islamic Sculpture and Iconography in Iran [PDF]
پژوهشنامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامههای علوم انسانی, 2021 In the prehistoric and pre-Islamic civilizations of Iran, human beings have used sculpture and iconography to express their needs and beliefs. These works show the attitude, culture, cover, religion, and progress in the life of the past in ancient Iran ...
Alireza Taheri, Samira Nasr Esfahani
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A Tentative Attempt to Estimate the Systemic Number of the Late Neolithic Vinča Culture Figurines
Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2011 In this paper an attempt is made to estimate the number of figurines which were in "use" in households of the Late Neolithic Vinča culture. The number of accumulated figurines and houses is used as a starting point.
Marko Porčić
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Wczesnoneolityczne figurki antropomorficzne na przykładzie nowego znaleziska z Lipnicy w województwie wielkopolskim [PDF]
, 2018 A fragment of clay figurine was found in a Band Pottery Culture pit at Lipnica near Szamotuły during rescue excavations o f the Y amai gas pipe ( 1996). It was probably painted and ornamented by vertically incised lines.
Krzyszowski, Andrzej
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