The hunter, the stag, and the mother of animals : image, monument, and landscape in ancient North Asia
Title:
The hunter, the stag, and the mother of animals : image, monument, and landscape in ancient North Asia
Author:
Jacobson-Tepfer, Esther, 1939- author.
ISBN:
9780190202361
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Physical Description:
xxxiii, 413 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
Contents:
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:
"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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-403) and index.
Field 805:
npmlib 10802341 GN851 J33 ysh