The Deer Goddess of Ancient Siberia: A Study in the Ecology of Belief

by Esther Jacobson

Central to this study is the image of the deer within the iconography of the Early Nomads of South Siberia. By examining the symbolic structures revealed in the art and archaeology of the Early Nomads, the author challenges existing theories regarding Early Nomadic cosmology.
The reconstruction of meanings embedded in the deer image carries the investigation back to rock carvings, paintings, and monolithic stelae of South Siberia and northern Central...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004096280
• ISBN13: 9789004096288
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.8"