Figurines dating from prehistory have been found across the world
but have never before been considered globally. The Oxford Handbook
of Prehistoric Figurines is the first book to offer a comparative
survey of this kind, bringing together approaches from across the
landscape of contemporary research into a definitive resource in
the field. The volume is comprehensive, authoritative, and
accessible, with dedicated and fully illustrated chapters covering
figurines from the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australasia
and the Pacific laid out by geographical location and written by
the foremost scholars in figurine studies; wherever prehistoric
figurines are found they have been expertly described and examined
in relation to their subject matter, form, function, context,
chronology, meaning, and interpretation. Specific themes that are
discussed by contributors include, for example, theories of
figurine interpretation, meaning in processes and contexts of
figurine production, use, destruction and disposal, and the
cognitive and social implications of representation.
Chronologically, the coverage ranges from the Middle Palaeolithic
through to areas and periods where an absence of historical sources
renders figurines 'prehistoric' even though they might have been
produced in the mid-2nd millennium AD, as in parts of sub-Saharan
Africa. The result is a synthesis of invaluable insights into past
thinking on the human body, gender, identity, and how the figurines
might have been used, either practically, ritually, or even
playfully.
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