Ambiguous symbols
Why there were no figurines in Neolithic Britain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3025463 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julian Thomas (0000-0002-2907-4586) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Pages | 167-175 |
| Publication date | 2005-12-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Documenta Praehistorica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1408-967X • E-ISSN: 1854-2492 |
| Publisher | University of Ljubljana (PUBLISHER • SI) |
| DOI | 10.4312/dp.32.12 |
| OpenAlex | W2149733618 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 16 |
In this paper I discuss the scarcity of representational art, and particularly of representations of the human body, in Neolithic Britain, in contrast with the Neolithic of south-east Europe. My suggestion is that this contrast can be linked with differing notions of personal identity and bodily integrity. In later Neolithic Britain, a complex mode of non-representational decoration developed, which elaborated the practice of making reference to absent persons and things by using deliberately ambiguous motifs, which connected past and present as well as remote locations
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,53 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |