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050	0	0	_aNB70 _bL47 2011
090			_aNB70, L47 2011
100	1		_aLesure, Richard G. _934545
245	1	0	_aInterpreting ancient figurines : _bcontext, comparison, and prehistoric art / _cRichard G. Lesure.
260			_aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_axiv, 256 p. : _bill., maps ; _c27 cm.
500			_aRichard G. Lesure is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He conducts archaeological fieldwork in Mexico and has authored papers on prehistoric figurines in Current Anthropology and the Cambridge Archaeological Journal. His most recent book is Settlement and Subsistence in Early Formative Soconusco.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-250) and index.
505	0		_a1. Universalist explanation and prehistoric figures -- 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.
520			_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 -- Comparison between contexts has larger theoretical implications, since it is central both to the contemporary rejection of traditional interpretations and to ongoing tensions between those who 'interpret' and those who 'explain' -- This book mediates between extremes, building on the idea that formerly antagonistic perspectives can, collectively, contribute to a better understanding of the past -- Among studies of figurines, this book is unique for its extended attention to multiple world areas; its well-illustrated case studies consider prehistoric art from Europe, the Near East and Mexico. _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aArt and society. _920714
650		0	_aArt and anthropology. _934546
650		0	_aArt _xHistoriography. _934547
650		0	_aFigurines, Ancient. _929300
910			_aNIT Ana Koleksiyonu
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