Description:A report on the prehistoric ceramic figurines recovered from the Franchthi Cave in Greece.Talalay reports on a small body of figurines (twenty-four figurines and twenty-one fragments) recovered during excavations at Franchthi Cave and at the nearby open-air settlement along the present shoreline. She also reexamines the theoretical and methodological foundations of scholarship in the field of figurine studies. A thorough and pathfinding study of the most important body of figurines from southern Greece, this book will be especially valuable to specialists in prehistoric Greece and to all scholars interested in early representations of the human figure in prehistoric art and in the significance of these representations to the members of early human communities. The book also makes a contribution to the growing body of literature on gender in early societies with a critical evaluation of the uses of evidence in addressing gender issues.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Deities, Dolls, and Devices: Neolithic Figurines from Franchthi Cave, Greece, Fascicle 9, Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece. To get started finding Deities, Dolls, and Devices: Neolithic Figurines from Franchthi Cave, Greece, Fascicle 9, Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
182
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Release
2018
ISBN
0253044553
Deities, Dolls, and Devices: Neolithic Figurines from Franchthi Cave, Greece, Fascicle 9, Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece
Description: A report on the prehistoric ceramic figurines recovered from the Franchthi Cave in Greece.Talalay reports on a small body of figurines (twenty-four figurines and twenty-one fragments) recovered during excavations at Franchthi Cave and at the nearby open-air settlement along the present shoreline. She also reexamines the theoretical and methodological foundations of scholarship in the field of figurine studies. A thorough and pathfinding study of the most important body of figurines from southern Greece, this book will be especially valuable to specialists in prehistoric Greece and to all scholars interested in early representations of the human figure in prehistoric art and in the significance of these representations to the members of early human communities. The book also makes a contribution to the growing body of literature on gender in early societies with a critical evaluation of the uses of evidence in addressing gender issues.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Deities, Dolls, and Devices: Neolithic Figurines from Franchthi Cave, Greece, Fascicle 9, Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece. To get started finding Deities, Dolls, and Devices: Neolithic Figurines from Franchthi Cave, Greece, Fascicle 9, Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.