Ambiguous symbols: why there were no figurines in Neolithic Britain

In this paper I discuss the scarcity of representational art, and particularly of representations of the human body, in Neolithic Britain, in contrast with the Neolithic of south-east Europe. My suggestion is that this contrast can be linked with differing notions of personal identity and bodily int...

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Main Author: Julian Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts) 2005-12-01
Series:Documenta Praehistorica
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Online Access:https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/2168