Overview

Since the earliest use of pottery, vessels have been associated with both the general shape and specific parts of the human body. The production of human-shaped pottery might be understood as one element of the spectrum of figural art in prehistoric communities. The idea of studying anthropomorphic pottery and the return of human beings into a body made of clay, which forms the core theme of this collection of 12 papers, stems from work on anthropomorphic features of Neolithic communities between the Near East and Europe. Contributors are engaged in questions about the analysis of human features and characteristics on vessels, their occurrence, function and disposal. Beginning with the European Neolithic and moving on through the Bronze and Iron Ages, papers focus on diachronic archaeological patterns and contexts as well as on the theoretical background of this particular type of container in order to shed light on similarities and differences through the ages and to understand possibilities and limits of interpretation.

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Author:   Heiner Schwarzberg ,  Valeska Becker
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
ISBN:  

9781785706967

ISBN 10:   1785706969
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   31 August 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Water into wine? Carrying vessels in the European Neolithic and Chalcolithic H. Schwarzberg The anthropomorphism of human-like-pots: Circular paths in the archaeological thought E. Voulgari The corporeality of vessels: Neolithic anthropomorphic pottery in the Republic of Macedonia G. Naumov Face vessels and anthropomorphic representations on vessels from Neolithic Italy V. Becker The Vase, the Body: Between Filial Relationship and Original Complex J. Recchia-Quiniou The social role of Neolithic face pots I. Pavlů Figurines and other bodies: a matter of scale D. Hofmann Post-LBK anthropomorphic vessels from Poland J. Pyzel Clay anthropomorphous images of the Jomon period, Japan E. Solovyeva Vessels decorated with stylised ""pillar-like"" anthropomorphic representations from the Precucuteni settlement of Baia - În Muchie (Suceava county, Romania), 2012-2014 C.-E. Ursu, S. Ţerna and C. Aparaschivei Human-shaped pottery from the tell settlement of Sultana-Malu Roşu V. Opriș, Th. Ignat and C. Lazar Faces from the past. Face urns of the Pomeranian Culture and an idea of humans in early Iron Age K. Ślusarska"

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...the strongest point in the volume's contributions is the detailed presentation of factual data, accompanied by good quality and elucidating illustrations. * Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society *

Author Information

Heiner Schwarzberg is head of the Department of Prehistory of the Bavarian State Archaeological Collection in Munich. He specialises in the archaeology of Neolithic and Bronze Age communities and prehistoric cults and religion in Europe and Asia Minor. Valeska Becker is assistant professor at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany. Her main research is in the Neolithic of central and southern Europe, prehistoric religion and human-animal studies.

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