Material images of humans from the Natufian to pottery Neolithic periods in the Levant

This dissertation demonstrates that the surprising iconography of human images in the archaeological assemblages of the Levantine Neolithic indicates that they were gods. An analysis of the iconography of the human-like artifacts of my data reveals genital shapes used metaphorically to portray andro...

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Main Author: Orrelle, Estelle
Published: University of East London 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.550443