Codes in the Making. A New Appraisal of Neolithic Imagery in Southwest Asia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6045234 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mattia Cartolano (0000-0001-9715-9963, University of Bologna), Silvia Ferrara (0000-0003-2498-7666, University of Bologna, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 229-240 |
| Publication date | 2025-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cambridge Archaeological Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-7743 • E-ISSN: 1474-0540 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0959774324000337 |
| OpenAlex | W4407818756 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 33 |
Marks and figurative representations have been recognized as crucial socio-cognitive components that contributed to the transition from foraging to farming of the Neolithic in southwest Asia, during a period in which communities adopted novel social interactions and economic strategies. This article investigates image production and the trajectories tied to the creation of visual codes. We show that since the early Neolithic phases (c. 9700–6600 cal. bc) societies in southwest Asia engaged with specific symbols and created narrative and operational semasiographies, intended to serve as key communicative devices that functioned as community ties and contributed to social interaction across distant groups
Ancient history · Archaeology · Geography · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
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Image Science
Ancestral connections
Lucy to Language
Western Apache Language and Culture
Indigenous Graphic Communication Systems
Early Neolithic imagery in flux
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People and Space in Early Agricultural Villages
“Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue…” Ornaments in the Levantine Early Neolithic
Writing Systems
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Places of Encounter
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Hungry architecture
Funerals and feasts during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B of the Near East
The flow of ideas
The Sayburç reliefs
The Beginning of the Neolithic in Southeast Anatolia
So Fair a House
"A "Curious and Sometimes a Trifle Macabre Artistry
Symbolism in action
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |