Prehistoric Figurines: Representation and Corporeality in the Neolithic

by Douglass W. Bailey

Book Overview

Fully illustrated, Prehistoric Figurines brings a radical new approach to one of the most exciting, but poorly understood artefacts from our prehistoric past. Studying the interpretation of prehistoric figurines from Neolithic southeast Europe, Bailey introduces recent developments from the fields of visual culture studies and cultural anthropology, and investigates the ways in which representations of human bodies were used by the pre-historic people...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415331528
• ISBN13: 9780415331524
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 9.7"