Lauren E Talalay

Deities, Dolls, and Devices

Neolithic Figurines from Franchthi Cave, Greece

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

LAUREN E. TALALAY is Assistant to the Director, and Associate Curator, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan.

Produktdetails

• Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9780253319814
• ISBN-10: 0253319811
• Artikelnr.: 54309961

Autorenporträt

LAUREN E. TALALAY is Assistant to the Director, and Associate Curator, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword (T.W. Jacobsen)
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One An Overview of the Franchthi Figurines/Chronological
Distribution/Archaeological Context/Raw Material/Subject Matter/Design
Chapter Two Catalogue/Descriptive Categories/Catalogue
Chapter Three The Production of the Franchthi Figurines/Construction
Techniques/Figurine-Makers and Ownership/Figurines and Pottery
Chapter Four Deciphering the Use and Meaning of Prehistoric
Figurines/Introduction/Figurines and Their Contexts/Ethnographic
Analogues/Summary
Chapter Five Deciphering the Use and Meaning of Prehistoric Figurines/Use/
Meaning/Summary
Chapter Six Franchthi Figurines: A Regional
Perspective/Introduction/Discussion of Regional Styles/Discussion of Use
and Meaning by Region
Chapter Seven Conclusion/Summary/Avenues for Future Research
Appendixes A: Findspots of Franchthi Figurines
B: Hardness Ratings of Clay Bodies form Franchthi (Mohs Hardness
Scale)
C: Color Values of Figurines from Franchthi (Munsell Soil Color
Charts)
D: Possible Figurine Fragments
E: Coded Dimensions Used in Cluster Analysis
F: Published Figurines from Southern Greece
Notes
References
Plates