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Interpreting ancient figurines : context, comparison, and prehistoric art / Richard G. Lesure

Author
Lesure, Richard G.
Published
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2011]
Copyright Date
©2011
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Universalist explanation and prehistoric figures -- Comparison and context -- The questions we ask of images -- A cross-cultural explanation for female figurines? -- Mesoamerican figurines and the contextualist appeal to universal truths -- Figurines, goddesses, and the texture of long-term structures in the Near East -- On figurines, femaleness, and comparison.
Summary
"This book examines ancient figurines from several world areas to address recurring challenges in the interpretation of prehistoric art"--
"This book examines ancient figurines from several world areas to address recurring challenges in the interpretation of prehistoric art. Sometimes figurines from one context are perceived to resemble those from another. Richard G. Lesure asks whether such resemblances play a role in our interpretations. Early interpreters seized on the idea that figurines were recurringly female and constructed the fanciful myth of a primordial Neolithic Goddess. Contemporary practice instead rejects interpretive leaps across contexts. Dr. Lesure offers a middle path: a new framework for assessing the relevance of particular comparisons. He develops the argument in case studies that consider figurines from Paleolithic Europe, the Neolithic Near East, and Formative Mesoamerica"--
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ISBN
9780511992919 (electronic bk.)
0511992912 (electronic bk.)
9780511989124 (electronic bk.)
0511989121 (electronic bk.)
9780511973376 (ebook)
0511973373 (ebook)
0511991916
9780511991912
9786613050151
6613050156
1283050153
9781283050159
0511987331
9780511987335
051199091X
9780511990915
0511994117
9780511994111
1107214912
9781107214910
9781107691179 (paperback)
1107691176
9780521197458 (hardback)
0521197457 (hardback)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-250) and index.
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