Interpreting ancient figurines : context, comparison, and prehistoric art /
"This book examines ancient figurines from several world areas to address recurring challenges in the interpretation of prehistoric art"--
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. The travails - and continued relevance - of universalist explanation; 2. Comparison and context; 3. The questions we ask of images; 4. A cross-cultural explanation for female figurines?; 5. Mesoamerican figurines and the contextualist appeal to universal truths; 6. Figurines, goddesses, and the texture of long-term structures in the Near East; 7. On figurines, femaleness, and comparison.