Anthropomorphic figurines from Vinča excavations 1998–2009

The paper presents figurines from excavations at Vinča 1998–2000 dated to the very end of the Late Neolithic. Along with a presentation and analysis of these objects, the paper addresses questions of the development of sculpture in Vinča, and matters of symbolism in the Late Vinča period. Some inter...

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Main Author: Nenad Tasić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2011-12-01
Series:Documenta Praehistorica
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/1911
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description The paper presents figurines from excavations at Vinča 1998–2000 dated to the very end of the Late Neolithic. Along with a presentation and analysis of these objects, the paper addresses questions of the development of sculpture in Vinča, and matters of symbolism in the Late Vinča period. Some interesting contexts with an abundance of anthropomorphic figurines are presented and discussed.
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spelling doaj.art-deecfa8e7c054816b7821ef80f5e62b52023-01-18T09:21:02ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Documenta Praehistorica1408-967X1854-24922011-12-013810.4312/dp.38.12Anthropomorphic figurines from Vinča excavations 1998–2009Nenad Tasić0Department for Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade UniversityThe paper presents figurines from excavations at Vinča 1998–2000 dated to the very end of the Late Neolithic. Along with a presentation and analysis of these objects, the paper addresses questions of the development of sculpture in Vinča, and matters of symbolism in the Late Vinča period. Some interesting contexts with an abundance of anthropomorphic figurines are presented and discussed.https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/1911Vinčaanthropomorphic figurinessymbolism
spellingShingle Nenad Tasić
Anthropomorphic figurines from Vinča excavations 1998–2009
Documenta Praehistorica
Vinča
anthropomorphic figurines
symbolism
title Anthropomorphic figurines from Vinča excavations 1998–2009
title_full Anthropomorphic figurines from Vinča excavations 1998–2009
title_fullStr Anthropomorphic figurines from Vinča excavations 1998–2009
title_full_unstemmed Anthropomorphic figurines from Vinča excavations 1998–2009
title_short Anthropomorphic figurines from Vinča excavations 1998–2009
title_sort anthropomorphic figurines from vinca excavations 1998 2009
topic Vinča
anthropomorphic figurines
symbolism
url https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/1911
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