ISBN:
9780190202361
Language:
English
Pages:
xxxiii, 413 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
,
25 cm
DDC:
950/.1
Keywords:
Antiquities, Prehistoric
;
Religion, Prehistoric
;
Deer Symbolic aspects To 1500
;
History
;
Goddesses, Asian History To 1500
;
Liminality Religious aspects To 1500
;
History
;
Social change History To 1500
;
Social archaeology
;
Landscape archaeology
;
Asia Antiquities
;
Sibirien
;
Mongolei
;
Bronzezeit
;
Nomade
;
Mythologie
;
Felsbild
;
Grab
;
Funde
;
Mongolei West
;
Altai
;
Felsbild
;
Nordasien
;
Chalkolithikum
;
Bronzezeit
;
Eisenzeit
;
Archäologie
;
Religionsethnologie
Abstract:
"Jacobson-Tepfer explores the changing traditions of belief in pre-Bronze and Bronze Age North Asia, centering her argument on a female deity and her evolution until the early Iron Age"--Provided by publisher
Description / Table of Contents:
The transformation of image, object and belief in prehistoric North AsiaThe appearance of the animal mother -- The persistence of liminal beings -- The mother of animals -- Intimations of death and transformation -- The end of naturalism in nomadic art -- The pivot between life and death -- Traces of ancient beliefs -- The archaeology of belief.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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