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Bull Figurine Head.

Bull Figurine ...
Sphakia Survey (17151405)
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The emergence and complexification of symbolic practices in the Homo lineage: an archaeological and cognitive perspective Émergence et complexification des pratiques symboliques dans la lignée Homo : une approche archéologique et cognitive

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Recent archaeological discoveries, reviewed in this essay, challenge traditional views on the emergence of human symbolic cognition. Once believed to have originated in Europe around 40,000 years ago, new evidence shows it emerged much earlier across diverse regions.
Francesco d'Errico, Ivan Colagè, Larissa M. Straffon, Andrea Bender   +3 more
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Divine Self‐Placement, Sacred Placemaking: The Virgin of El Rocío and Territorial Custodianship in Early Modern Spain

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This essay argues that the Rocío hallazgo legend employs divine self‐placement to turn territorial uncertainty into sacred stewardship. The Virgin's miraculous refusal to move establishes the marshlands of Las Rocinas as a communal religious site, transforming a marginal and legally ambiguous area.
Adriano Duque
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Cinderella figurine

, 2013
Figure of Cinderella in ball gown from 1950 Walt Disney animated ...

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Figurine

, 1962
Figurine, Chinese Temple (Joss House).

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Flap Anatomies and Victorian Veils: Penetrating the Female Reproductive Interior

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the reappearance in the early nineteenth century of anatomical flapbooks in the context of obstetrical education in Britain, America and France. It asks why liftable paper flaps were reintroduced at this time after their disappearance from medical atlases in the eighteenth century.
Margaret Carlyle, Marcia D. Nichols
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From CT Scans to Morphable Digital Models: Methodologies for Revealing and Preserving the Internal Structures of Artistic Figurines

Heritage
The revelation of the internal structure of objects through computed tomography (CT scan) contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of their creation, the assessment of their preservation status, and the prediction of their future behavior ...
Christina Sakellariou, Dimitrios Makris, Georgios Bardis   +2 more
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‘A Fairly Average “White Middle‐Class” Species of Lesbian’: Lorna Gulston, Ireland and the Early Anglophone Lesbian Press, 1965–1980

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the published writings of Lorna Gulston (c. 1932–2023), a hitherto unknown Northern Irish civil servant who wrote many articles for the earliest British lesbian magazines such as Arena Three, Sappho and Sequel. In doing so, the article asks: How did Gulston find her way onto the pages of these pioneering magazines?
Maurice J. Casey
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Pre-Pottery Neolithic Clay Figurines from Nevali Çori, Turkey

Internet Archaeology, 2000
A mineralogical and chemical study of clay figurines excavated in Turkey is presented with the aim of characterising the raw materials used and to suggest possible provenances.
Maria Thaís Crepaldi Affonso, Ernest Pernicka   +1 more
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Toy: Dragon Nurse Figurine

, 2018
This is a pewter dragon figurine dressed as a nurse holding a water bag and a teddy bear. The figurine appears to be a generic dragon figurine but shares some similarities to the Disney World Character Figment as seen in Epcot. The figure is also marked
Armstrong, Normadeane, Ph.D, A.N.P.
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