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200 10$aInterpreting ancient figurines $econtext, comparison, and prehistoric art /$fRichard G. Lesure
205   $a1st ed.
210  1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2011.
215   $a1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s)
300   $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aUniversalist 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.
330   $aThis 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.
606   $aFigurines, Ancient
606   $aArt$xHistoriography
606   $aArt and anthropology
606   $aArt and society
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615  0$aArt$xHistoriography.
615  0$aArt and anthropology.
615  0$aArt and society.
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