The hunter, the stag, and the mother of animals : image, monument, and landscape in ancient North Asia
by
Jacobson-Tepfer, Esther, 1939- author.
Title
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The hunter, the stag, and the mother of animals : image, monument, and landscape in ancient North Asia
Author
:
Jacobson-Tepfer, Esther, 1939- author.
ISBN
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9780190202361
Personal Author
:
Jacobson-Tepfer, Esther, 1939- author.
Physical Description
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xxxiii, 413 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
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The transformation of image, object, and belief in prehistoric North Asia -- The appearance of the animal mother -- The persistence of liminal beings -- The mother of animals -- The emergence of pictorial narrative -- 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.
Abstract
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"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.
Subject Term
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Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Asia.
Religion, Prehistoric -- Asia.
Deer -- Symbolic aspects -- Asia -- History -- To 1500.
Goddesses, Asian -- History -- To 1500.
Liminality -- Asia -- Religious aspects -- History -- To 1500.
Social change -- Asia -- History -- To 1500.
Social archaeology -- Asia.
Landscape archaeology -- Asia.
Geographic Term
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Asia -- Antiquities.
Bibliographical References
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-403) and index.
Field 805
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npmlib 10802341 GN851 J33 ysh
| Library | Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Copy | Material Type | Status |
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| NPM Library | GN851 J33 2015 | 10802341 | 1 | B | *二館西文書一區 |