Regional Perspectives on the Neolithic Anthropomorphic Imagery of Northern Greece

Nanoglou, Stratos

doi:10.1558//jmea.2006.v19i2.155

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“…There is abundant evidence of a proliferation of stone figurines, both in eastern Thessaly and in western Macedonia (Table 2; see also Marangou, 1992. We do not have much data from western Thessaly and the case in eastern Macedonia is different, see Nanoglou, 2006; although Late Neolithic I figurines from eastern Thessaly are not tabulated here, because of lack of exact numbers, there have been virtually no stone ones recovered). What is perhaps equally important is that most of the later Neolithic stone figures are made of marble.…”

Section: Stone Strikes Backmentioning

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Qualities of Humanness

Nanoglou

2008

Journal of Material Culture

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This article considers the materialization of human representations in Neolithic northern Greece and particularly the materials used in their production. Contending that materialization is contingent upon but not reducible to the materials used, an attempt is made to understand the implications of using different materials to represent humans, especially clay and stone. Thus, it is suggested that in the earlier Neolithic, clay and stone were reserved for different classes of artefacts. Human figures in this period show an interest in action, whereas in the later Neolithic, changes occur that suggest a preoccupation with the substance of the figures. It is suggested that these changes point to the emergence of different subjectivities during the later Neolithic.

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Section: Stone Strikes Backmentioning

confidence: 95%

Qualities of Humanness

Nanoglou

2008

Journal of Material Culture

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“…About a dozen clay figurines have dowel holes, suggesting that the process of removing and keeping heads could be played out in miniature. The ability to remove and replace certain heads might allow for multiple identities and potential narrativization (see Nanoglou 2006Nanoglou , 2008Talalay 2004). Hamilton (1996) argued that detachable heads at Ç atalhöyük "were used to portray a range of emotions, attitudes or states of being" (221).…”

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A “Curious and Sometimes a Trifle Macabre Artistry”

Hodder¹,

Meskell²

2011

Current Anthropology

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“…Moving towards exploring figurine work in more socially integral and embedded ways, such studies underscore the body and its materiality as constituitive of social life and critically engage with various relevant literatures such as feminist theories of embodiment (Joyce 1993;Kujit and Chesson 2005;Meskell 1996;Meskell and Joyce 2003), theories of personhood and self-making (Bailey 1994(Bailey , 2005Talalay 2004), and various post-Marxist material discourse theories (Nakamura 2005;Nanoglou 2006). More broadly, research on the body has converged around the broader projects of investigating ancient forms of self-fashioning, sexuality, or the mediation of ritual relations.…”

Section: Articulating Bodies: Exaggeration and Abbreviationmentioning

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“…Recently, some prehistoric figurine studies have sought to quantify the presence or absence of specific body parts and particular postures (Nanoglou 2005), although attention has focused on sex determination (Clark 2003;Μαραγκού 1991). There has also been an upsurge of interest in Neolithic masculinity, specifically phallic culture in the form of figurines and other material representations (Knapp and Meskell 1997;Kujit and Chesson 2005;Meskell 2007;Mithen et al 2005;Nanoglou 2006;Özdoğan 2003;Robb 2007;Verhoeven 2002). Recently excavated Anatolian sites such as Nevali Çori and Göbekli Tepe reveal how Neolithic artisans crafted a phallic culture across very different material scales (Hauptmann 2007;Schmidt 2006).…”

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Articulate Bodies: Forms and Figures at Çatalhöyük

Nakamura

Meskell

2009

J Archaeol Method Theory

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This paper examines the materializing practices of bodies at the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük. We focus on the clay and stone figurine corpus (over 1,800 total, with over 1,000 of those being diagnostic), but also consider other media such as wall paintings and sculptured features, as well as the skeletal evidence. This paper is the first attempt to analyze particular bodily characteristics in the Çatalhöyük figurine repertoire from a perspective that investigates, rather than assumes, a priori the representational priorities of their makers. Within a wide range of anthropomorphic and abbreviated figurines, we find that specific areas such as the stomach and buttocks were often clearly delineated and emphasized, whereas demarcation of primary sexual characteristics was typically downplayed. These traits and their material "prominence" might underscore specific bodily areas that have generally been overlooked as potential sites of articulation and attention. Our work challenges older assumptions that figurines were always engaged in projects of either deification or self-making. Instead, we suggest that these body types might mediate other kinds of social concerns and practices.

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Regional Perspectives on the Neolithic Anthropomorphic Imagery of Northern Greece

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Qualities of Humanness

Qualities of Humanness

A “Curious and Sometimes a Trifle Macabre Artistry”

Articulate Bodies: Forms and Figures at Çatalhöyük

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