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Pleistocene Palaeoart of Africa

Arts, 2013
This comprehensive review of all currently known Pleistocene rock art of Africa shows that the majority of sites are located in the continent’s south, but that the petroglyphs at some of them are of exceptionally great antiquity. Much the same applies to
Robert G. Bednarik
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Anadolu’nun Bilinen En Eski Taş Heykelcikleri: Kızılin Figürinleri

Höyük
Kızılin, Antalya ili Döşemealtı ilçesi Yağca Mahallesi’ne bağlı Çakmak mevkisinde yer alan bir Epi-paleolitik yerleşimidir. Deniz seviyesinden 407 metre, Kızılin Deresi’nden 35 metre ve hemen önündeki Tufa Ovası’ndan 107 metre yüksektedir.
Metin Kartal
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Tell Khaiber: An administrative centre of the Sealand period [PDF]

, 2017
Excavations at Tell Khaiber in southern Iraq by the Ur Region Archaeological Project have revealed a substantial building (hereafter the Public Building) dating to the mid-second millennium b.c.
Calderbank, Daniel, Campbell, Stuart, Killick, Robert, Moon, Jane, Robson, Eleanor, Shepperson, Mary, Slater, Fay   +6 more
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THE PRODUCTION OF COMPLEX PROFILE DETAILS BY COMBINED METHOD OF LOST-WAX CASTING AND OF CONSUMABLE PATTERN MODELS

Литьë и металлургия, 2016
The technological process of receiving figurine castings of a heat resisting alloy HN57KTVYuMBL brand developed and tested by authors a combined method of oflost-wax casting (pouring gate system) and of consumable expanded polystyrene pattern in shell ...
O. I. Shinsky, I. I. Maksyuta, Yu. G. Kvasnitskaya, E. V. Mikhnyan, A. V. Neyma   +4 more
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Los juegos de pelota en el Altiplano Central de México [PDF]

, 2017
The following represents a pre-press draft submitted in English and subsequently translated to Spanish.Los juegos de pelota más antiguos de Mesoamérica se encuentran en las Tierras Bajas; sin embargo, los habitantes del Altiplano Central adoptaron y ...
Carballo, David M.
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Artemis: Depictions of Form and Femininity in Sculpture [PDF]

, 2017
Grecian sculpture has been the subject of investigation for centuries. More recently, however, emphasis in the field of Art History on the politics of gender and sexuality portrayal have opened new avenues for investigation of those old statues.
Waters, Laura G.
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Baby got back: some brief observations on obesity in ancient female figurines: limited support for waist to hip ratio constant as a signal of fertility [PDF]

, 2013
Venus figurines such as the famous Willendorf Venus--provide a possible window into the reproductive preferences of ancestral humans. These figurines cover a period of about 20,000 years of human history and have been found across ice-age Europe.
King, Robert J.
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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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An Inca silver figurine at National Museums Scotland: Technological study

Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines, 2017
The hollow silver male miniature figurine from National Museums Scotland is one of the tallest specimens made in precious metals attributed to the Incas.
Lore Troalen, Maria Filomena Guerra
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Terracottas in the News. A Bronze-Age Terracotta Figurine Discovered by a Seven-Year-Old Boy

Les Carnets de l’ACoSt, 2016
A seven-year-old boy discovered a late Bronze-Age plaque figurine in the Jordan Valley.
Jaimee Uhlenbrock
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