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Journal articles on the topic "Clay figurines"
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Biruta Loze, Ilze. "Small anthropomorphic figurines in clay at Ģipka Neolithic settlements." Documenta Praehistorica 32 (December 31, 2005): 155–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/dp.32.11.
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Miniature Neolithic figurines in clay are a special topic of research. This especially concerns areas where their representation has so far been poor. While carrying out archaeological excavations in Northern Kurzeme, the north-west coastal dune zone of Rīga Bay, a ritual-like complex was recovered at Ģipka A site belonging to the local Culture of Pit Ceramics. It consists of several large and smaller fireplaces and pits, with the finds of fragmentary clay figurines recovered under the palisade that surrounded the settlement. The head and body of the miniature anthropomorphic figurines in clay have original modelling. It is possible to single out two types of figurine: with rather broad cheekbones, and oval modelling of face. The large amount of ochre found in the settlement and the purposeful breaking of figurines are evidence of their role during a rite. Clay figurines have a symbolic meaning, and the signs depicted on them, incised walking stick-shape and other motifs, are the symbols of early farmers.
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Makowski, Maciej. "Zoomorphic clay figurines from Tell Arbid. Preliminary report." Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean XXIV, no. 1 (February 28, 2016): 627–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0010.0118.
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The collection of clay zoomorphic figurines from Tell Arbid, a site in the Khabur river basin in northern Mesopotamia, comprises nearly 600 specimens, dated mainly to the 3rd and first half of the 2nd millennium BC. It consists of solid figurines and the much less numerous wheeled figurines and hollow figurines/zoomorphic vessels, as well as a single rattle in the form of a zoomorphic figurine. The animals represented include chiefly equids, sheep, goats, cattle, dogs and birds. The find context usually does not permit anything but a very broad dating, but an analysis of details of execution makes it possible to establish the chronology of particular objects. Identified chronological assemblages illustrate the character of zoomorphic representations in particular periods. A comparative analysis reveals, among others, diachronic changes in the popularity of representations of particular kinds of animals. These changes are considered in comparison with the results of an examination of the osteological material in an effort to observe whether they could reflect processes taking place in the animal economy of Tell Arbid.
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Morris, Christine, Alan Peatfield, and Brendan O’Neill. "‘Figures in 3D’: Digital Perspectives on Cretan Bronze Age Figurines." Open Archaeology 4, no. 1 (March 1, 2018): 50–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/opar-2018-0003.
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Abstract The largest corpus of clay figurines from the Cretan Bronze Age comes from ritual mountain sites known as peak sanctuaries. In this paper, we explore how the ‛Figures in 3D’ project contributes to our understanding of these figurines, aiding in the study of the technologies of figurine construction and the typological analysis of distinctive styles. We discuss how the project has, more unexpectedly, begun to create new dialogues and opportunities for moving between the material and the digital by taking a multifaceted approach that combines the data from 3D models and 3D prints with experimental work in clay.
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Ramirez Valiente, Paz. "Red Ladies of Clay." Documenta Praehistorica 50 (September 25, 2023): 2–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/dp.50.15.
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Colour and decoration were prominent features of Neolithic figurines. However, many such details and colours have faded over time, and it is only on close inspection that traces of colour are visible. This paper presents the innovative application to figurines of a technique based on the treatment of images with DStretch, a valuable tool for recovering the visualization of fainted pigments in clay figurines examined from Knossos. The method has the potential to illuminate aspects such as gender, age, status, identity or group affiliation through the study of colour in Prehistoric figurines.
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Rassamakin, Yu Ya. "THE SEREZLIIVKA TYPE FIGURINES AS AN EVIDENCE OF CONTACTS DURING THE LATE ENEOLITHIC." Archaeology and Early History of Ukraine 39, no. 2 (September 30, 2021): 338–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.37445/adiu.2021.02.22.
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The author analyzes the find of a new clay figurine of the Serezliіvka type at the Maikop culture settlement «Chekon» in the Kuban region. This find can be compared with figurines from burials of the Late Eneolithic in the interfluve of the Dnieper and the Southern Bug rivers. 25 figurines in 10 burials were found in this region. One figurine is known from the Trypillia settlement of Sandraki on the Southern Bug river (period Trypillia C/II). Two figurines are known in the burial on the Black Sea coast and one another in the Crimea.
Figurines of the Serzliivka type are typical for the local Dnieper-Bug cultural group of the Late Eneolithic. This local group is characterized by features of the Lower Mikhailivka and Kvitiana cultures, as well as elements of the Latest Trypillia. The character of the clay of the statues is very close to the Tripolye ceramics and is not typical for the steppe ceramic traditions.
The figurines have three form options in the design of the head and specific ornamentation of the drawn lines. The author notes the special features in the form, ornament and technology of making a figurine from the settlement «Chekon» in comparison with the Dnieper-Bug region. This figurine is an imitation of «classic» figurines from region between the Dnieper and Southern Bug rivers. The mobile population, which left on the territory of the Black Sea steppe burials of the Zhyvotylivka-Vovchansk type, could be the mediators in the emergence of this type of anthropomorphic sculpture so far from the main zone of its distribution. In this context, it is very important to note that ceramic products were found in the settlement, analogies of which are known in the settlements of Trypillia C/II. These artefakts from the settlement are important for the development of the concept of coexistence of the steppe population of the Late Eneolithic in the context of the development of agricultural societies.
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Yengibaryan, Nora. "Clay figurines from Agarak." ARAMAZD: Armenian Journal of Near Eastern Studies 16, no. 1-2 (December 31, 2022): 502–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.32028/ajnes.v16i1-2.1846.
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The archaeological site of Agarak is located southwest of a homonymous village in the Aragatsotn province of the Republic of Armenia. The excavated segment of the Agarak site is the northern rock platform which is divided into two parts by the Yerevan-Gyumri highway. The site was excavated during 2001-2014. Systematic excavations of Agarak revealed that the occupational phases of the stie date from the 29th century BC to the Late Middle Ages. This article discusses the Early Bronze Age figurines discovered in the L10 quadrant of the site. The figurines were found from the surroundings of the retaining wall bordering the rock platform, within disturbed cultural layers outside the retaining wall, resulting from later human activity. The pottery fragments inside the cracks of the rock platform and the lower layer of a dwelling built from cobblestone attest to Early Bronze Age human habitation on the rock platform.
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Kim, Dabin, and Gyoengseon Min. "A Facet of Geumgwan gaya society through their Clay Dolls." Yeongnam Archaeological Society, no. 84 (May 30, 2019): 31–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.47417/yar.2019.84.31.
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Clay Dolls, which means a doll made of earth, was excavated from the Silla area, mainly in Gyeongju. Accordingly, research on clay figurines in Silla has been carried out actively and it would not be too much to say that it was mostly Silla’s clay figurines which have been mostly studied so far. The study of clay figurines of Gaya has been relatively slow, probably due to the fact that the cases of excavations are very limited. Recently, various types of clay figurines have been excavated from the presumed royal palace site of Geumgwan Gaya under the excavation and investigation by the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage. Earlier in Gimhae, a variety of clay figurines, including character clay figurines, were excavated in an excavation to create a site for a hanok living experience center. Based on these new data, this paper tries to infer the different characters, roles and significance of clay figurines in Gaya society, by studying various kinds of clay figurines excavated from Geumgwan Gaya territory. Bonghwang-dong, which is believed to be the center of Geumgwan Gaya, is a complex of relics including living facilities, hospitality facilities, trading facilities, workshop sites and earthen fortresses. Various clay figurines were excavated at the main sites of Bonghwang-dong s historical site, from which that the people of Gaya used clay dolls to perform ceremonial acts there can be inferred. In Bonghwang-dong sites other than the presumed royal palace ruins, horse shaped clay dolls and the clay dolls resemble utensils used in rituals are usually found. human figured clay dolls, animal figured clay dolls, house figured clay dolls have been excavated around the presumed royal palace ruins within Bonghwang-dong site which differentiates this region from the rest of the site. Along with the presumed royal palace ruins, there is a tendency of various clay figurines being found in the other ruin in the hanok living experience center with multiple purpose relics. In conclusion, there is a possibility that clay dolls had been used to wish for the well-being of the family members by the ruling group, or the well-being of the community at importance areas like the presumed royal palace ruins and the hanok living experience center ruins. This kind of tendency is found in many ruins around the Ancient Gimhae Bay(Gogimhae-Man), which leads to an assertion that various rituals and ceremonial acts had been carried out using clay dolls throughout that area.
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Kawashima, Takamune. "Another aspect of figurine function." Documenta Praehistorica 32 (December 31, 2005): 177–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/dp.32.13.
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In Japan, it is suggested that clay figurines were produced for deliberate fragmentation. However, the distribution of clay figurines was limited to some sites, and the total number of fragmented figurines is relatively small. This article tries to present some new arguments about the function of figurines, based on data from Angyo period, late and latest Jomon. I suggest that the function of figurines needs further discussion.
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Νινιού-Κινδελή, Βάννα. "Ενεπίγραφες κεφαλές ειδωλίων από ιερό στα Χανιά (Κρήτη)." Fortunatae. Revista Canaria de Filología, Cultura y Humanidades Clásicas, no. 32 (2020): 505–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.25145/j.fortunat.2020.32.33.
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This article presents two inscribed clay figurines of bulls. The figurines were found at Poseidon’s open-air sanctuary, in south-west Crete, which flourished during the Hellenistic period and continued its function throughout the Roman times. Several hundreds of clay figurines were the main offering to the god, all depicting the bull, the animal symbolising power and fertility strongly connected with Poseidon since the Prehistoric times. Only two figurines, out of the total volume found, are inscribed and reveal the names of their donors.
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Khrustaleva, Irina, and Aivar Kriiska. "Inside the Dwelling: Clay Figurines of the Jägala Jõesuu V Stone Age Settlement Site (Estonia)." Baltic Journal of Art History 20 (December 27, 2020): 11–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.12697/bjah.2020.20.01.
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Sculpted clay figurines were widespread in Stone Age Europe. Theywere common in the hunter-gatherer communities in the territoriesof Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Western and NorthwesternRussia. In these territories they were mainly associated with theComb, Pitted and Pit-Comb Ware cultures, ca 4000–2000 yearscalBC. This paper examines clay sculptures from the Jägala JõesuuV Comb Ware culture settlement site in northern Estonia, where 91fragments of figurines were found, making it the most abundantdeposits of clay figurines and their fragments in the eastern Baltic.Among them, three different types of image were distinguished:one zoomorphic (harbour porpoise) and two anthropomorphic. Allthe figurines were fragmented intentionally in ancient times, asdetermined by microscopic and experimental research. Most of thefragments were situated in the filling of a pit-house, which indicatesthat the dwelling had a sacral as well as a habitational dimension.During the research process, Stone Age clay figurines from nine moreComb Ware culture sites of Estonia and Ingria were catalogued. Thecatalogue contains 13 previously published and 21 newly discoveredinstances and radiocarbon dates taken at the sites, some of whichare being published for the first time.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Clay figurines"
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Togawa, Minako. "The Jomon clay figurines of the Kaminabe site, Kyushu, Japan." Thesis, McGill University, 2003. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=19719.
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This study considers the phenomenon of the sudden and brief appearance of clay figurines in west-central Kyushu towards the end of the Jomon Period (13,000-2,300 14C years BP). The baked clay figurines representing humans were made throughout the Jomon Period, but mostly in central and northern Honshu. Following a review of previous interpretations of the Jomon clay figurines in general, the study focuses on the case of the numerous figurines recovered at the Kaminabe (ca. 2,800 14C years BP) site in Kyushu. Data on lithic assemblages and plant remains at Kaminabe and the sites in the surrounding area during the period under consideration indicate that small-scale cultivation was being practiced in the region. It is suggested here that the Kaminabe figurines represent the females who played important role in production of plant resources.
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Averett, Erin Walcek. "Dedications in clay terracotta figurines in early Iron Age Greece (c. 1100-700 BCE) /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4755.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on March 23, 2009) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Bolognani, Barbara <1989>. "The Iron Age Clay Figurines from Karkemish (2011-2015 Campaigns) and the Coroplastic Art of the Syro-Anatolian Region." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2017. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/8222/7/Bolognani_Barbara_tesi.pdf.
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This is a study concerning the Iron Age coroplastic production in the Northern Levant. The research is mostly based on new data gathered from the Joint Turco-Italian Expedition at Karkemish (Gaziantep, Turkey). Figurines presented in this study are limited to the 2011-2015 excavation seasons and they are analyzed from a range of aspects. The work in fact primarily focuses on contextual data, being the starting point for the research. A preliminary typological and chronological framing is also provided, while a tentative functional interpretation is suggested by means of a careful examination of the local iconographic and written repertoires. Furthermore, ethnographic comparisons are sometimes used in order to better define the semantic meaning beyond this production. Comparisons with other key sites located in the Middle Euphrates basin are also presented with the main aim to define a peculiar regional pattern. A minor part of this dissertation is also dedicated to the study of the coroplastic art in the entire northern Levantine region. The aim, in this case, is evidently that of identifying different regional productions, which at the state of the research could be traced back just for a few regions. Thus new important data are provided for the Amuq Plain, the Islahiye Valley and the rest of Inner Syria.
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Bernal-García, María Elena. "Images and labels: The case of the Tlatilcan female figurines." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291532.
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In reconstructing the meaning of prehistoric artifacts, the art historian's task is particularly difficult. Scholars dealing with this period of time have to build their arguments on scarce archeological data, often unaided by written documents. Due to this lack of information, prehistoric female figurines are the subject of innacurate iconographic interpretations. In the case of the Mesoamerican Preclassic, the missing data is supplemented by subjective perceptions about people who do not belong to the scholar's own sex or ethnic background. The resulting misinterpretations fill the interstices between the information available and the historical facts. The traditional view that considers these figurines nothing more than beautiful women stop any further inquiries into the subject. Sometimes, the scholar's own fantasies substitute for logical arguments. Scholars writing on Mesoamerican iconography must be careful not to follow many of their predecessors to avoid confusing their colleagues, students and the general public.
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Arrok, Rania. "Objets en terre du néolithique précéramique au Proche-Orient, terre crue ou cuite ? : « Les objets en terre cuite avant l’invention de la poterie »." Thesis, Lyon 2, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013LYO20007/document.
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La présence d’objets en terre est assez courante sur les sites néolithiques y compris les sites néolithiques du Proche-Orient. Il s’agit dans la plupart des cas d’objets de petite taille dont les formes sont assez variées. Ces objets ont une valeur particulière pour les chercheurs. Dans ce travail nous avons présenté notre propre recherche basée tout d’abord sur des données nouvelles, obtenues récemment grâce à de nouvelles fouilles comme la fouille de Tell Halula, la fouille de Tell Aswad et ‘Ain Ghazal.C’est à partir de ces nouveaux éléments et en les confrontant avec des données plus anciennes que nous avons suivi le développement des objets en terre depuis leur première apparition au PPNA et à travers les différentes étapes de la néolithisation : PPNA (9500-8700 BC), PPNB ancien (8700-8200 BC) et PPNB moyen (8200-7500 BC). Le cadre géographique a été limité au Levant.Les questions posées dans cette recherche s’appuient, d’une part sur l’homogénéité de la typologie ou non des objets en terre et leur distribution sur les sites de la région, d’autre part sur tout ce qui concerne la technique de fabrication. Après une étude d’analyse détaillée des objets du corpus, nous avons regroupé les objets en terre selon leur type de représentation dans plusieurs catégories : représentations humaines, représentations animales, objets divers et récipients en terre.Dans la troisième partie et en se basant sur l’analyse des objets du corpus par catégorie, nous avons comparé le développement de ces objets par période et par catégorieThe presence of clay objects is fairly common at Neolithic sites, including those sites in the Near East. In most cases the objects have a small size and occur in different shapes. These objects have a particular value to researchers. This thesis illustrates our research based on new data, which were provided by new excavations like those of Tell Halula, of Tell Aswad and Ain Ghazal. These new elements and their comparison with earlier data enabled us to followed the development of clay objects since their first appearance in the PPPA period and through the various stages of the Neolithic period: PPNA (9500-8700 BC), early PPNB (8700-8200 BC) and middle PPNB (8200-7500 BC). The geographical area considered for this research was limited to the Levant.The questions posed in this research are based first on the homogeneity/heterogeneity of the typology of these clay objects and their distribution at the sites in the region. Secondly, we also focused on production technique.After a detailed analysis of the whole corpus, the clay objects were grouped in several categories according to their type of representation: human figures, animal figures, “other objects” and small clay vessels.In the third part of the thesis we analysed and compared the development of the objects by period and by category
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Gottberg, Victoria. "Djurens kulturella betydelse i den gropkeramiska kulturen." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Arkeologi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-352896.
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As humans we function with a biological side and a psychological side. Both of these sides have their needs. We need to put food in our stomach to stop feeling hungry and we need to give things meaning. In a Human Behavioral Archaeological perspective, which focuses a lot on the economical aspect of the animal and the human, the animal was killed for food. But, how was the animal perceived in a cultural perspective, what was the meaning of this animal? This is the question that will have its answer in this thesis. The animal handling of the Pitted Ware culture will be analyzed from an animistic point of view - meaning, that human, animals and object can have a soul or a personality. This makes the world seem more fluent. The sharp lines between culture and nature, life and death, human and animal get wiped out and we see a world view the modern Western human is not used to. As much as the animal was a prey, it also was a being with a purpose in the Pitted Ware culture. On the Pitted Ware sites at Jettböle on the Aland Island and at Ajvide on Gotland, the seal was the most prominent animal in both the economic and cultural sphere. The clay figurines of Jettböle show some sort of worship of the seal. Among many of the anatomical parts of the animal and human body, the head seems to be of most importance. Even differences within the same culture appear. At Ajvide, there is a clear burial tradition of the deceased humans, whereas at Jettböle, there is not. And as much as the seal is of dominance at Ajvide, the swine comes in at a close second, whereas at Jettböle, there is almost no swine at all.
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Amory, Annabelle. "La place des animaux dans la relation mortelles-divinités : le cas d’Artémis et de Déméter." Thesis, Lille 3, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LIL30032/document.
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Réunissant des sources littéraires, épigraphiques, archéologiques, iconographiques et archéozoologiques, cette thèse étudie la question de la symbolique de l’animal dans la relation entre le mortel et la divinité, en s’intéressant particulièrement à Artémis et à Déméter, deux déesses en charge des problèmes des femmes à différents moments de leur vie. Pour répondre à cette interrogation, deux corpus sont mis en place : le premier répertorie 83 sanctuaires de Déméter et Artémis ayant un rapport avec les animaux, et énumère toutes les offrandes qui y ont été retrouvées, ainsi que les mythes et inscriptions associées. Le second corpus se place du côté de l’animal et regroupe les représentations et les textes hors sanctuaires attestant d’un lien entre l’espèce et l’une des deux divinités, mais reprend également les offrandes d’animaux déjà étudiées dans le premier catalogue, en les classant par type iconographique. L’analyse synthétique des données des corpus rassemble les animaux sous trois principales symboliques. Premièrement, la fécondité des femmes est au centre des préoccupations, pour assurer la pérennité de la cité. Ả ce titre, le porc entretient avec Déméter une relation particulière : durant les Thesmophories, il est utilisé pour assurer la fertilité à la fois des semailles et des femmes. Auprès d’Artémis, ce sont les animaux des milieux humides et l’eau qui favorisent la vie. Le bétail d’élevage est également offert aux deux divinités pour assurer la pérennité du troupeau et, par extension, de la cité. Ensuite, la femme avant son mariage est perçue comme un animal sauvage qu’il faut domestiquer. Artémis veille alors sur les jeunes filles et, en tant que déesse des passages, assure cette domestication par le mariage lors de l’arkteia, un rite d’initiation pendant lequel les fillettes font « l’ourse ». Divinité de la nature sauvage, elle a, tout comme la Pόtnia Théron, un pouvoir de vie et de mort sur les animaux mais aussi sur les femmes, qu’elle n’hésite pas à punir pour leur transgression, comme pour Callisto et Atalante. Artémis comme Déméter sont également des divinités kourotrophes qui s’occupent des enfants sans distinction de sexe et reçoivent des offrandes en conséquence. Enfin, si les animaux semblent auprès des deux déesses se rapporter principalement aux femmes, le cheval et le chien évoquent également le statut de citoyen, obtenu après une longue éducation dont Artémis est la garante. Ils sont aussi des animaux chthoniens et, au même titre que le serpent, le cochon et la tortue, permettant le lien entre le monde des vivants et celui des morts. Certaines espèces évoquent avec leur simple présence la divinité : c’est le cas du sanglier de Kalydon, qu’Artémis utilise pour se venger des hommes, et des victimes des sacrifices, qui permettent de communiquer avec les divinités. Malheureusement, certaines occurrences animales restent en marge de ces trois symboliques : elles sont offertes en trop petit nombre ou à d’autres divinités, ne permettant pas de faire un lien précis avec Artémis et DéméterThis thesis is based on literary, epigraphic, archaeological, iconographic and archaeozoological sources and studies the symbolic of the animals in the relationship between women and divinities. Two goddesses have been chosen for this purpose: Artemis and Demeter. They have in common the fact they take care of women at different moments of their lives. Two main parts compose the survey. First, a catalog lists 83 sanctuaries of Artemis and Demeter who have a link with animals, together with offerings found inside and myths and inscriptions associated with. A second index classifies all the animals connected with Artemis and Demeter: offerings of the sanctuaries from the first corpus, imageries and texts no connected with a shrine but showing a link between an animal species and a goddess.A synthetic analysis of information from the catalogs talks about three main interpretations on the presence of animals beside Artemis and Demeter. At first, fertility of women is very important in ancient Greece because it permits to renewing the civic body. The pig has a special relationship with Demeter about fecundity: during the Thesmophoria, the animal is used to assure the fertility of both women and fields. With Artemis, wetland animals are connected with the water and the life. The cattle are also offered to both goddesses in order to assure the perpetuation of the herd and the city at the same time. Then, the woman before her marriage is like a savage animal and she must be domesticated. Artemis takes care of young girls because she is the goddess of passages and transitions. She allows the domestication of the girls with an initiation called arkteia: during this ritual, the little girls make “the bear”. As divinity of the wild nature, Artemis also is assimilated to the Pόtnia Théron and has the power of life and death on both animals and women. She punishes the girls who transgress the rules: Callisto and Atalante. Artemis and Demeter are kourotrophic goddesses taking care of all gender children. However, if the animals with the divinities are close to the women, there are in connection too with the boys: the dog and the horse evoke the citizenship status of the men and the formation of the young boys, especially with Artemis. Some species are also chthonic characteristics, as the snake, the pig and the tortoise and make a link between the life and the death. Other animals incarnate the divinity: the boar of Kalydon has been send by Artemis because she was angry and a lot of animals are victims of ritual sacrifices and permit a communication with the gods and goddesses. Unfortunately, there are also some species with no real connection with Artemis and Demeter: there are offered in small number in the sanctuaries of both divinities or there contrariwise are given to all the gods
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Belcher, Ellen H. "Embodiment of the Halaf: Sixth Millennium Figurines from Northern Mesopotamia." Thesis, 2014. https://doi.org/10.7916/D8NZ868P.
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This dissertation answers the question, "What are Halaf figurines?" In response to that question, this study examines a corpus of anthropomorphic figurines from archaeological sites dating to the Halaf period (Sixth Millennium cal BCE) known from excavations in Turkey and Syria. Included in this dissertation is a detailed catalog of 197 figurine examples, both whole and fragmented, and analysis of their excavated contexts from seven Halaf sites in Turkey and nine sites in Syria.
The study also reviews and discusses existing literature on Halaf and figurine studies and examines and critiques modern biases, assumptions, and influences, especially as related to the interpretive concepts mother goddess and steatopygous. It proposes a different methodological approach to prehistoric figurines based upon morphology and typology rather than interpretation. It argues that this methodology of recording and analyzing figurine morphology, typology, and archaeological context brings the field closer to four points of human interaction in the object biographies of figurines including: conceptualization, making, use, and discard. This approach to the evidence, the dissertation suggests, can support theoretical ideas about how the lived body was conceptualized and adorned in the Halaf and allows consideration of ways that these embodied ideas and imagery were shared across settlements. A constructed typology consists of five overall types further divided by subtype and Halaf phase, based upon pose, technology, and morphology. Two appendices present the data associated with each figurine in catalog form. A final appendix presents the data condensed to 12 comparable elements.
The results of this research are that the typology of Syrian and Anatolian Halaf figurine assemblages are quite different. While the well-known seated clay figurines are indeed most plentiful, they come from only a very tight geographic area in northeast Syria and only from late Halaf contexts. Standing figurines, by contrast, are known from all areas and phases but occur in lesser numbers and in great variety. Analysis of the archaeological contexts reveals that nearly all the figurines in the corpus were isolated finds amidst unremarkable fill contexts. Therefore, it can be concluded that, when Halaf figurines were no longer needed or wanted by the community, they were discarded without special circumstances amongst regular domestic refuse.
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Preux, Anne-Carole. "Les figures hôtes, une production singulière en Mésoamérique." Thèse, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/19069.
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Le site de Teotihuacan, situé dans le bassin de Mexico et datant de 100 ANE à 650 DNE, s'impose aujourd’hui grâce à son architecture, ses pyramides de la Lune et du Soleil, son avenue des Morts, mais également ses nombreux complexes d'appartements, qui auraient pu contenir une population d'environ 150 000 habitants à son apogée. Outre cette architecture, Teotihuacan nous a laissé d’autres indices sur son histoire par le biais de son art : des murales, des sculptures, des encensoirs, des figurines d’argile entre autres, mais également des figures hôtes (host figures).
L’étude présentée ici se concentre sur les figures hôtes. Ces dernières sont une classe de figurines d’argile creuses contenant une ou plusieurs petites figurines humaines en bas-relief. Bien que de nombreuses figures n’aient pas de provenance, certaines ont été retrouvées non seulement à Teotihuacan, mais également au Guatemala, au Michoacán et au Yucatán, mettant en avant les possibilités d'échanges culturels mésoaméricains et/ou d’implantations de colonies teotihuacanaises en Mésoamérique. Qu’elle était la signification de ces figures hôtes? À l’aide d’une description minutieuse de chaque figure, et malgré une large variabilité, il semblerait que les figures hôtes se divisent en deux groupes distincts. D’un côté, nous aurions les figures hôtes de style teotihuacanais possédant une ouverture simple sur le torse et contenant une ou deux figurines. De l’autre côté, nous aurions les figures hôtes de style maya-teotihuacanais, possédant une ouverture sur toute la longueur du corps et contenant de nombreuses figurines. La comparaison des figures hôtes avec d’autres artéfacts de Teotihuacan, tel les masques et autres figurines, indique que ces figures sont intimement liées à l’expression iconographique et stylistique de Teotihuacan. Pour ce qui est des figures hôtes de style teotihuacanais, leur fonction pourrait être reliée au culte des ancêtres. En revanche, les figures hôtes de style maya-teotihuacanais trouvées en dehors de Teotihuacan pourraient être associées à des rituels politiques de fondation qui est au cœur du pouvoir de l’État Maya.Teotihuacan, dated between 100 BCE and 650 CE, is situated in the Basin of Mexico. It is known for its imposing monumental architecture, the Pyramid of the Moon, Pyramid of the Sun, and the Avenue of the Dead, but also for its many apartment compounds that could have contained a population of about 150 000 inhabitants at its peak. In addition to its architecture, Teotihuacan’s history can be understood through its art: murals, sculptures, masks, and ceramic figurines. This study concentrates on the latter with an emphasis on a rare figurine type known as host figurines. Host figures are a class of hollow figurines containing one or several small human figurines in bas-relief within its hollow cavity. Although many of these figurines are without provenience, some have been discovered not only in Teotihuacan, but also in Guatemala, in Michoacán and in Yucatán, pointing to the possibilities of Mesoamerican cultural exchanges and/or Teotihuacan colonies in Mesoamerica. What was the significance of these host figures? Through a meticulous description of every figurine, I find that the host figurines can be divided into two major style groups. One group is considered as a Teotihuacan style and is characterized with a simple opening on the torso, which contain one or two figurines. The other group is a Maya-Teotihuacan style and identified with an opening along the length of the body that contains numerous figurines. A comparison of the host figures with other artefacts from Teotihuacan, such as the masks and other figurines, indicate that these figurines are well-rooted within Teotihuacan iconographic and stylistic visual expression. The function of the Teotihuacan style host figurines seems to be connected with the cult of ancestors. In contrast, the Maya-Teotihuacan style figurines found outside Teotihuacan were likely associated with political rites of foundation central to the power of the Maya state.
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Chirapravati, M. L. Pattaratorn. "The cult of votive tablets in Thailand, sixth to thirteenth centuries." 1994. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/63882009.html.
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Miyai, Yukiko. Clay art for special occasions: A guide to soft clay art. Waipahu, Hawaiʻi: Island Heritage Pub., 2010.
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Koranek, Amy. Super fun FIMO, soft: 25 easy-to-make FIMO projects for beginners. Canby, Or: Hot Off The Press, 1996.
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Riolini, Peter. Bachene: Schwäbische Tonmodelfiguren. Gessertshausen: Museumsdirektion des Bezirks Schwaben-Gessertshausen, 1992.
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Tanaka, Kiyofumi. "Kamen no megami" kokuhō shitei kinen henshū, kamen no dogū. Nagano-ken Nagano-shi: Hōzuki Shoseki, 2015.
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Sänger, Astrid. Paperclay: Ein besonderes Tonmaterial. Lutzmannsburg: Storchennest, 2013.
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Hall, Marianne. Det stora äventyret: En resa bortom ytan. Sweden?]: Marianne Hall, 2017.
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Klaus, Freckmann, and Freilichtmuseum Sobernheim, eds. Tönernes: Tabakpfeifen und Spielzeug, Rheinland--Westerwald. Köln: Rheinland-Verlag, 1987.
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1972-, Ni Ming, ed. Huaiyang "ni ni gou": The "putty mud puppy" of Huaiyang. Zhengzhou Shi: Da xiang chu ban she, 2010.
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Noy, Tamar. "Seated Clay Figurines from the Neolithic Period, Israel." In Archaeology and Fertility Cult in the Ancient Mediterranean, 63–67. Amsterdam: B.R. Grüner Publishing Company, 1986. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/zg.15.09noy.
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Taylor, Avary Rhys, and Glenn M. Schwartz. "Clay Figurines." In Animals, Ancestors, and Ritual in Early Bronze Age Syria, 371–98. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/jj.12612579.12.
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Haury, Emil W. "FIGURINES AND MISCELLANEOUS CLAY OBJECTS." In Excavations at Snaketown, 233–45. University of Arizona Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2fcctj6.36.
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Szymańska, Hanna. "Two “armed” terracottas from Athribis." In Classica Orientalia. Essays presented to Wiktor Andrzej Daszewski on his 75th Birthday, 451–59. DiG Publisher, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.37343/pcma.uw.dig.9788371817212.pp.451-459.
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Two terracotta figurines, identified as Athena and as an armed Eros, found in layers from the 2nd century BC at the ancient site of Athribis in the Egyptian Nile Delta, count among the hugely popular pieces of the coroplastic arts drawing stylistic inspiration from Ptolemaic art. Athribian craftsmen were masters at depicting characteristic human types and imitating models from other craft centers, like Alexandria. The Athena figurine (only head preserved) appears to be a unique representation of the goddess crafted out of local clay in a clay workshop by a craftsman inspired by the physiognomy of the reigning Ptolemaic queens. The Eros figurine, depicted in an “Italic” muscle cuirass extremely rare in Egyptian artifacts and holding a Gaulish thureos shield, confirms the exceptional character of the Athribian coroplastic workshops.
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Batmaz, Atilla. "Protective Clay Figurines in the Urartian Fortresses." In Over the Mountains and Far Away: Studies in Near Eastern history and archaeology presented to Mirjo Salvini on the occasion of his 80th birthday, 58–70. Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvndv9f0.11.
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Rice, Prudence M. "The E Group as Timescape." In Maya E Groups. University Press of Florida, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5744/florida/9780813054353.003.0005.
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Small, hand-modeled, anthropomorphic figurines of fired clay are abundant in Middle Preclassic (1000–350 BCE) Mesoamerica, especially Central Mexico, the Isthmus, and regions to the south. They are variably present in the southern Maya lowlands and virtually absent in the northern lowlands, raising many questions about their meanings and uses. I propose that Middle Preclassic lowland Maya ceramic figurines: 1) were manipulated in integrative community renewal rituals associated with females and maize, and celebrated in early versions of E Groups; and, more speculatively, 2) were icons related to development of head-variant glyphs used in the script-iconography of the 260-day sacred almanac.
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Petersson-solimany, Marie, and Raz Kletter. "The Iron Age Clay Figurines and a Possible Scale Weight." In Salvage Excavations at Tel Moza, 115–23. Israel Antiquities Authority, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1fzhd2b.9.
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Calandra, Elena. "A Miniature Myth: About Some Clay Figurines of the Niobids." In Greek and Roman Small Size Sculpture, 155–72. De Gruyter, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110741742-007.
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Jeter, Marvin D., Robert J. Scott, and John H. House. "Possible Cahokian Contacts in Eastern and Southeastern Arkansas." In Cahokia in Context, 185–204. University Press of Florida, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5744/florida/9781683400820.003.0008.
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Most discussions of Cahokian “contact” and “influence” in the Lower Mississippi Valley have focused on a “horizon” around 1200 AD and sites east of the Mississippi River; another site was documented recently in northeastern Louisiana. Here, we present additional westerly evidence from sites in eastern and southeastern Arkansas that have produced: Missouri Flint Clay figurines; flakes resembling Burlington and Crescent Quarry cherts; hoes, polished “hoe chips,” and other items made of Mill Creek chert; plus a few Cahokia-style chunkey stones and a Cahokia arrow point, but as yet no Cahokian ceramics. These items tend to cluster at and near three mound sites, in contexts around 1200 AD, with hints of a southward time trend. Unlike the few “elite” or sacred figurines found in mounds, most other items are utilitarian and may have been recirculated (rather than chiefly-redistributed) via “trade fairs” at mound centers, to commoners from the hinterlands.
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Yong, Heming, and Jing Peng. "The Emergence of Lexicographical Culture In China." In Chinese Lexicography, 15–28. Oxford University PressOxford, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199539826.003.0002.
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Abstract There are numerous myths and legends about the origin of human beings. In the West, it was popularly circulated that men were created by God. A man was first created and named Adam, and a woman was made from one of his ribs and named Eve. They were pronounced man and wife and gave birth to children that were the ancestors of human beings today. In China, there was a different story – human beings were created by Nüwa, a Goddess in the Chinese legend, out of clay. She moulded clay figurines by mixing water with clay. After making a number of them she stopped to blow breath and life into each of them and they became the first human beings on Earth. The development of the means of production and the progress of science and technology provide a better understanding of the origin of human beings and a scientific theory of its evolution: human beings evolved from ancient apes and labour played a decisive role in this process of evolution.
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Xu, Yicheng. "Feasibility of Integrating Huishan Clay Figurine into Brand Visual Design in Scenic Areas." In 7th International Conference on Arts, Design and Contemporary Education (ICADCE 2021). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210813.094.
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Рукавишникова, И. В., and Д. В. Бейлин. "FUNERAL RITES OF THE “ALEXANDRIAN ROCKS” BURIAL GROUND." In Hypanis. Труды отдела классической археологии ИА РАН. Crossref, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.25681/iaras.2021.978-5-94375-350-3.171-192.
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Основу статьи составили материалы, полученные в результате исследования курганной группы «Александровские скалы 1», которая находилась к юго-западу от г. Керчи на территории Октябрьского сельского поселения (Ленинский район, Республика Крым). В полах двух курганов этой группы были открыты два непотревоженных участка некрополя римского времени, относящегося к укрепленному поселению «Городище 11 километр». Изученный раскопками некрополь может считаться эталонным грунтовым могильником ря - дового населения сельской территории Европейского Боспора. Могильник функционировал примерно на протяжении столетия. К погребениям первых веков н.э. относятся 103 погребения на участке кургана 1 и 137 погребений на участке кургана 2. Среди всех погребений зафиксированы лишь три, со - вершенных по обряду кремации, и одна кремационная яма. Погребальный обряд характеризуется как конструктивными особенностями погребального сооружения, так и наполнением внутреннего пространства могилы (погребальный инвентарь, погребальная пища). В статье представлены общие сведения об этих элементах погребального обряда в могильнике. В некрополе представлены разнообразные типы погребальных конструкций: грунтовые могилы с каменным плитовым перекрытием, уложенным на заплечики; подбойные могилы с каменным закладом; ящики, сложенные из известняковых плит; простые грунтовые ямы; каменный склеп с коротким дромосом; погребения в амфорах. Боль шинство погребений ориентировано в направлении с запада на восток, но некоторая их часть – по линии север–юг. Погребенные были положены вытянуто на спине, головой на восток. Большинство погребений индивидуальные. Поло-возрастная характеристика выборки погребенных соответствует нормальной популяции: мужчины, женщины, дети. Детские погребения совершены в могилах либо аналогичных по конструкции могилам взрослых (с перекрытием), либо в простых могильных ямах (без перекрытия). Практически все погребения содержат более или менее стандартный набор погребального инвентаря, который представлен различными бытовыми предметами из метал ла, глины и кости, глиняной и стеклянной посудой, светильниками, терракотовыми статуэтками, украшениями, орудиями труда, оружием, монетами. Статистический анализ предметов погребального инвентаря по категориям с учетом датировки комплексов и положения находок в могиле позволил описать «типовой» погребальный обряд рядового населения. Индивидуальные особенности обряда выявляются в отдельных его деталях. Изучение антропологического типа погребенных показывает определенную выбор ку популяции кавказионного типа. Тем не менее, во всех материалах некрополя поселения «Городище 11 километр» проявляется местный характер погребальных традиций с некоторыми чертами «варваризации», проявляющимися в составе инвентаря. В то же время, присутствие в погребениях монет, немногочисленные кремации, коллективное погребение в каменном склепе – говорят о рудиментах эллинской погребальной традиции в исследованном некрополе. The article is basing upon the results of the excavation of the burial ground ‘Alexandrian Rocks 1’ in Kerch (Crimea). In the sides of two barrows of this group two undisturbed plots of the Roman tine necropolis have been found relating to the fortified settlement ‘Gorodistche 11 km’. The investigated necropolis can be regarded a typical burial ground for ordinary rural inhabitants of European Bosporos. It functioned for about a hundred years. To the burials of the 1st century A. D. belong 103 graves of barrow 1 and 137 graves of barrow 2. Among them there are only three containing cremated bones and one cremation pit. The funeral rites are determines by the constructive features of the graves as well as the filling of their inner space (grave goods, food). The article contains general information concerning these funeral rites. There are different types of grave constructions present at the necropolis: ground pits covered with stone slabs, graves with side niches blocked with stones, boxes constructed of limestone slabs, simple ground pits, stone crypts with short dromoi, burials in amphorae. Most of the burials are arranged from West to East, but some of them – along the North–South line. The corpses lay on their backs, heads to the East. Most of the burials are individual. The gender and age selection corresponds to a normal population: men, women and children. Child burials are made either in graves, similar to the adult ones, or in simple unroofed grave pits. Almost all burials contain more or less standard sets of grave goods, different objects of metal, clay or bone, clay and glass vessels, lamps, terracotta figurines, decorations and instruments, arms and coins. The statistic analysis of the grave goods, taking into account their dating and the position of objects in graves allows to describe a typical set of funeral rites of the commoners. The individual features of the rites are revealed in their specific details. The anthropological type of the buried demonstrates the selection of the Caucasian type population. At the same time all materials from the necropolis of ‘Gorodistche 11 km’ reveal local features in funeral rites with certain marks of ‘barbarization’ in the sets of the grave goods. On the other hand the presence of coins, very few cremated bodies, a collective burial in a stone crypt tell of the rudiments of Hellenic traditions.
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Li, Tiancheng. "Study on the development strategy of HuiShan clay figurine from the perspective of urban symbolism-taking the design strategy of NANIMOMO blind box series as an example." In IASDR 2023: Life-Changing Design. Design Research Society, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2023.154.
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Deich, Lyman. Aboriginal clay figurines from the upper Rogue Valley in southwestern Oregon. Portland State University Library, January 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/etd.3254.
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