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050		4	_aNB70 _b.L47 2011
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100	1		_aLesure, Richard G.
245	1	0	_aInterpreting ancient figurines _h[electronic resource] : _bcontext, comparison, and prehistoric art / _cRichard G. Lesure.
260			_aCambridge ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_axiv, 256 p. : _bill.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. The travails - and continued relevance - of universalist explanation; 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			_a"This book examines ancient figurines from several world areas to address recurring challenges in the interpretation of prehistoric art"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"This 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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aFigurines, Ancient.
650		0	_aArt _xHistoriography.
650		0	_aArt and anthropology.
650		0	_aArt and society.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
710	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
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