Douglass Bailey

Prehistoric Figurines

Representation and Corporeality in the Neolithic

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Douglass Bailey is Head of Archaeology at Cardiff University and a world authority on the prehistory of eastern Europe. He has conducted fieldwork in Romania and Bulgaria and written on a wide range of topics including art, architecture, and the politics of archaeology. His Balkan Prehistory (Routledge 2000) is the standard text on the southeast European Neolithic.

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Here is a radical new approach to one of the most exciting but poorly understood artefacts from our prehistoric past. Studying their roles and functions in society from past to present day, archaeology students will find this an invaluable asset.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 174mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 546g
• ISBN-13: 9780415331524
• ISBN-10: 0415331528
• Artikelnr.: 22299594

Autorenporträt

Dr Douglass Bailey is Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University and a world authority on the prehistory of eastern Europe. He has conducted fieldwork in Romania and Bulgaria and written on a wide range of topics including art, architecture, and the politics of archaeology. His Balkan Prehistory (Routledge 2000) is the standard text on the southeast European Neolithic

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Miniaturism and Dimensionality 3. Hamangia 4.
Anthropomorphism: Dolls, portraits and body parts 5. Cucuteni-Tripolye 6.
Visual Rhetoric, Truth and the Body 7. Thessalian 8. Subverting and
Manipulating Reality 9. Conclusions