PREHISTORIC FIGURINES by Douglass W. Bailey ( 9780415331524 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

PREHISTORIC FIGURINES
REPRESENTATION AND CORPOREALITY IN THE NEOLITHIC

By:

Douglass W. Bailey

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0415331528

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9780415331524

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

22 April, 2005

Pages:

264

Description:

This title reveals a new approach to one of the most exciting but poorly understood artefacts from our prehistoric past. Studying their roles and functions in society from past to present day, archaeology students should find this a helpful asset.

Synopsis:

Fully illustrated, Prehistoric Figurines brings a radical new approach to one of the most exciting, but poorly understood artefacts from our prehistoric past. Studying the interpretation of prehistoric figurines from Neolithic southeast Europe, Bailey introduces recent developments from the fields of visual culture studies and cultural anthropology, and investigates the ways in which representations of human bodies were used by the pre-historic people to understand their own identities, to negotiate relationships and to make subtle political points. Bailey examines four critical conditions: * figurines as miniatures * figurines as three-dimensional representations * figurines as anthropomorphs * figurines as representations. Through these conditions, the study travels beyond the traditional mechanisms of interpretation and takes the debate past the out-dated interpretations of figurines as Mother-Goddess as Bailey examines individual prehistoric figurines in their original archaeological contexts and views them in the light of modern exploitations of the human form.Students and scholars of History and Archaeology will benefit immensely from Bailey's close understanding of the material culture and pre-history of the Balkans.

Illustrations:

33 black & white illustrations, 38 black & white line drawings

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Imprint:

Routledge

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Returnable

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