LEADER 00000cam a2200685Ia 4500 001 ocn705088351 003 OCoLC 005 20190405013649.6 006 m o d 007 cr mnu---unuuu 008 110303s2011 enkab ob 001 0 eng d 019 706920176|a752618035|a776965981|a960203131|a961502119 |a962721178|a991928246|a1037900619|a1038688315 020 9780511992919|q(electronic book) 020 0511992912|q(electronic book) 020 9780511989124|q(electronic book) 020 0511989121|q(electronic book) 020 9780511973376|q(ebook) 020 0511973373|q(ebook) 020 |z9780521197458|q(hardback) 020 |z0521197457|q(hardback) 035 (OCoLC)705088351|z(OCoLC)706920176|z(OCoLC)752618035 |z(OCoLC)776965981|z(OCoLC)960203131|z(OCoLC)961502119 |z(OCoLC)962721178|z(OCoLC)991928246|z(OCoLC)1037900619 |z(OCoLC)1038688315 040 N$T|beng|epn|cN$T|dYDXCP|dE7B|dCDX|dOSU|dOCLCQ|dREDDC |dOCLCQ|dOCLCF|dCNCGM|dAUD|dOCLCQ|dLOA|dOCLCQ|dCOCUF |dPIFAG|dVGM|dUAB|dSTF|dWRM|dOCLCQ|dINT|dOCLCQ 049 RIDW 050 4 NB70|b.L47 2011eb 072 7 CRA|x028000|2bisacsh 082 04 738.8/209|222 090 NB70|b.L47 2011eb 100 1 Lesure, Richard G.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n2009062935 245 10 Interpreting ancient figurines :|bcontext, comparison, and prehistoric art /|cRichard G. Lesure. 264 1 Cambridge ;|aNew York :|bCambridge University Press, |c[2011] 264 4 |c©2011 300 1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages) :|billustrations, maps 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-250) and index. 505 0 Universalist explanation and prehistoric figures -- Comparison and context -- The questions we ask of images - - A cross-cultural explanation for female figurines? -- Mesoamerican figurines and the contextualist appeal to universal truths -- Figurines, goddesses, and the texture of long-term structures in the Near East -- On figurines, femaleness, and comparison. 520 "This book examines ancient figurines from several world areas to address recurring challenges in the interpretation of prehistoric art"--|cProvided by publisher. 520 "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. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 Figurines, Ancient.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh2004000689 650 0 Art|xHistoriography.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85007487 650 0 Art and anthropology.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85007957 650 0 Art and society.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85007975 650 7 Figurines, Ancient.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1202360 650 7 Art|xHistoriography.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 815259 650 7 Art and anthropology.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 815390 650 7 Art and society.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 815432 655 4 Electronic books. 776 08 |iPrint version:|aLesure, Richard G.|tInterpreting ancient figurines.|dCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011|z9780521197458|w(DLC) 2010035783 |w(OCoLC)658200739 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=352528|zOnline eBook via EBSCO. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading the EBSCO version of this eBook|uhttp://guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20190507|cEBSCO|tEBSCOebooksacademic NEW 4-5-19 7552 |lridw 994 92|bRID