Overview

Animals pervade our lives, both today and in the past. From the smallest bug through pets and agricultural animals to elephants and blue whales, the animals themselves, animal-derived products and representations of animals can be found everywhere in our daily lives. This book focuses on the representations of animals in the past: How were animals represented in iconography, and how is the craftsperson interpreting animals within his or her own cultural context? What do the representations tell us about the role and function of both animals and the representations themselves? A series of papers explore these questions through images of animals. This is, for example, done by using technologies like 3D models to emphasize the dimensionality of objects, or through theoretical and interdisciplinary approaches that examine the intersection of the human and the animal. The papers challenge the notion of animals purely as objects, instead focusing on the many ways in which humans and animals interact. The importance of animals in all aspects of our lives means that the study of human-animal relations is an extremely relevant one both in the past and today. The papers take us on a journey through time and space, demonstrating exactly this relevance. Starting in the Neolithic and ending in the Medieval period, from the Mediterranean and Northern Europe through Siberia and the Baltic to the other side of the world in Australia, we have the privilege of encountering lions, horses, dogs, monkeys, birds, kangaroos and octopuses, among many other wonderful creatures. The book is an important and exciting contribution to the study of human-animal relations. It should be of interest to anyone working on this topic and the interpretation of images - both modern and ancient.

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Author:   Laerke Recht ,  Katarzyna Zeman-Wisniewska
Publisher:   Equinox Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Equinox Publishing Ltd
Weight:   4.620kg
ISBN:  

9781781799260

ISBN 10:   1781799261
Pages:   220
Publication Date:   15 November 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: The Third Dimension and Animal Iconography in Archaeology Laerke Recht and Katarzyna Zeman-Wisniewska 2. Zoomorphic Terracotta Figurines in Halaf Culture and New Evidence of Secondary Products Exploitation in the 6th Millennium BC in Northern Mesopotamia Nicola Scheyhing, PhD Candidate, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg 3. Neolithic Vessels with Animal Characteristics: Modifications of Material Corporeal Signs, Negotiations of Clay Bodyscapes Evangelia Voulgari, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 4. The Minoan Monkey: Ties between the Aegean and Indus River Valley via Mesopotamia Marie Nicole Pareja, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Millersville University and Pennsylvania State University 5. How Many Tentacles? Octo-pus and x-pus in the Greek Bronze Age: A New Archaeozoological Approach Lucia Alberti, National Research Council of Italy, and Giambattista Bello, University of Bari (retired) 6. Bird-shaped Vessels of Bronze Age Cyprus as Three-dimensional Objects Katarzyna Zeman-Wisniewska 7. 'Flying Gallop' Iconography and its Representations in the Burial Rites of the Eurasian Bronze Age Emma Usmanova, Saryarka Archaeological Institute. Buketov Karaganda State University (Kazakhstan), Olga Gumirova, journalist, and Igor Chechushkov, Institute of History and Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences 8. The Role of the Horse in Ancient Egyptian: In Society and Imagery Lonneke Delpeut, PhD Candidate, Leiden University 9. Horns as Symbols in Bronze Age Scandinavian Southern Tradition Rock Art Joanna M. Lawrence, PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge 10. Lions and Other Animal Representations Found in Funerary Contexts in Archaic Macedonia Nathalie del Socorro, Museum of Nogent-sur-Seine in France, University of Nanterre. 11. Buckle up! A Comparison of Ornamental Design on Pazyryk Riding Gear of the Sites Pazyryk-1, Berel'11 and Ak-Alakha-3 in Regards to Supra-regional Exchange during the 3rd Century BC Anna-Elisa Stumpel, ReMa student, University of Groningen 12. Dogs of Roman Britain: Secular, Sacred or Consumed? Branka Franicevic, PhD Candidate, University of Bradford 13. Dragons, Griffins and Leucrottas: Supernatural Creatures in the Eastern Baltic Tonno Jonuks, Literary Museum in Tartu

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""A young and fresh attempt to tackle a subject which has long stood in the shadow of the study and interpretation of anthropomorphic imagery."" Professor Louis Nebelsick, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw

A young and fresh attempt to tackle a subject which has long stood in the shadow of the study and interpretation of anthropomorphic imagery. Professor Louis Nebelsick, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw

"""A young and fresh attempt to tackle a subject which has long stood in the shadow of the study and interpretation of anthropomorphic imagery."" Professor Louis Nebelsick, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw"

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Laerke Recht is an archaeologist at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge (Affiliated Scholar, former Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow). Katarzyna Zeman-Wisniewska is an archaeologist at the Institute of Archaeology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw.

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