Thesis (Ph. D.)--Cornell University, May, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Guo li Taiwan da xue, 1979. / Reproduced from typescript; on double leaves. Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-155).

Texte remanié de: Diss.--Fachbereich Philologisch-Historische Wissenschaften--Göttingen--Georg-August-Universität, 1989.

no / This paper examines exchange imagery and ideology of the human body manifested through figurines from prehistoric (7th–6th millennia BC) Anatolian contexts. These figurines document local, regional and inter-regional communication of identity, use of materials, ideologies and skills. Taking a new approach to understanding the assemblages, this paper suggests four key themes of analysis: materials and materiality; fractured bodies; gender spectrum; and ambiguities and relationships. / The full text is unavailable from the repository due to the publisher's copyright restrictions

Texte remanié de: Dissertation--Philosophische Fakultät I--München, 1974. / Bibliogr. p. 331-337.

Les figurines néolithiques de la Thessalie est un sujet très débattu. Dans le cadre d'une recherche fortement focalisée sur les qualités morphologiques des figurines, nous considérons indispensable d'aborder un aspect constamment négligé, à savoir leur fabrication. Fondée sur les principes de la technologie culturelle, notre étude vise non seulement à reconstituer les processus techniques de la fabrication des figurines néolithiques depuis la préparation des matières premières, jusqu'au produit fini, mais aussi de repenser les connotations imaginaires du déroulement de ces procédés et de considérer leurs implications culturelles multiples. En utilisant l'outil analytique de la chaîne opératoire, nous avons entrepris une étude technologique des figurines provenant de différents sites en Thessalie, afin de reconstituer le processus de leur fabrication. L'identification des chaînes opératoires particulières nous a permis de circonscrire la physionomie de la production idoloplastique et d'aborder, dans un deuxième temps, la fonction des figurines. Considérant que la fabrication fait partie intégrante de la fonction, nous avons jugé indispensable de nous tourner vers l'ethnologie, afin de nous procurer des exemples qui pourraient servir de références susceptibles d'éclairer nos données archéologiques. Deux enquêtes ethnographiques dans l'Anti-Atlas marocain et le recours à l'expérience anthropologique nous ont permis d'éclairer l'organisation de la production des figurines néolithiques de la Thessalie et leurs fonctions possibles. / The neolithic figurines of Thessaly is a subject that has sparkled many debates. In the context of a research strongly focused on the morphological qualities of the figurines we consider it essential, to address a constantly neglected aspect, their manufacture. Based on the principles of cultural technology, our aim is not only to identify the technical processes involved in the manufacture of neolithic figurines, from the preparation of the raw materials to the finished product, but also to rethink the imaginary connotations of these processes and to consider their multiple cultural implications. Using the analytical tool of the chaîne opératoire, we undertook a technological study of figurines from different sites in Thessaly, in order to reconstruct the processes of manufacture. The identification of the particular chaînes opératoires allowed us to circumscribe the physiognomy of idoloplastic production and then to address the question of the function of the figurines. Considering that manufacturing is an integral part of the function, we considered it indispensable to turn to ethnology, in order to obtain examples that could serve as references and thus help us to interpret the archaeological data. Two ethnographic surveys in the Moroccan Anti-Atlas and the appeal to the anthropological experience, have allowed us to reconstruct the organization of the production of neolithic figurines of Thessaly and their possible functions.

This dissertation answers the question, "What are Halaf figurines?" In response to that question, this study examines a corpus of anthropomorphic figurines from archaeological sites dating to the Halaf period (Sixth Millennium cal BCE) known from excavations in Turkey and Syria. Included in this dissertation is a detailed catalog of 197 figurine examples, both whole and fragmented, and analysis of their excavated contexts from seven Halaf sites in Turkey and nine sites in Syria. The study also reviews and discusses existing literature on Halaf and figurine studies and examines and critiques modern biases, assumptions, and influences, especially as related to the interpretive concepts mother goddess and steatopygous. It proposes a different methodological approach to prehistoric figurines based upon morphology and typology rather than interpretation. It argues that this methodology of recording and analyzing figurine morphology, typology, and archaeological context brings the field closer to four points of human interaction in the object biographies of figurines including: conceptualization, making, use, and discard. This approach to the evidence, the dissertation suggests, can support theoretical ideas about how the lived body was conceptualized and adorned in the Halaf and allows consideration of ways that these embodied ideas and imagery were shared across settlements. A constructed typology consists of five overall types further divided by subtype and Halaf phase, based upon pose, technology, and morphology. Two appendices present the data associated with each figurine in catalog form. A final appendix presents the data condensed to 12 comparable elements. The results of this research are that the typology of Syrian and Anatolian Halaf figurine assemblages are quite different. While the well-known seated clay figurines are indeed most plentiful, they come from only a very tight geographic area in northeast Syria and only from late Halaf contexts. Standing figurines, by contrast, are known from all areas and phases but occur in lesser numbers and in great variety. Analysis of the archaeological contexts reveals that nearly all the figurines in the corpus were isolated finds amidst unremarkable fill contexts. Therefore, it can be concluded that, when Halaf figurines were no longer needed or wanted by the community, they were discarded without special circumstances amongst regular domestic refuse.

Texte remanié de: Doct. diss.--Gustavianum, Uppsala, 1989. / Notes bibliogr. Index.

Texte remanié de: Habilitationsschrift--Fachbereich Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften--Berlin--Freie Universität, 2002. / Notes bibliogr.

Thèse de doctorat : Archéologie : Lyon 2 : 1999. / Titre provenant de l'écran-titre. Bibliogr.