Name: Interpreting Ancient Figurines Hardback
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Author: Lesure, Richard G.
ISBN: 9780521197458

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Author

Richard G. Lesure

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2011

Language

English

Pages

260

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

25.7x18x2.3 cm

Weight

0.76 kg.

ISBN13

9780521197458

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Synopsis "Interpreting Ancient Figurines Hardback "

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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