The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Figurines
Edited by Timothy Insoll
Table of Contents
Part 1. Introduction
1:Miniature Possibilities: An Introduction to the Varied Dimensions of Figurine Research
2:The Archaeology of Figurines and the Human Body in Prehistory, Lynn Meskell
3:Comparative Perspectives in the Interpretation of Prehistoric Figurines, Richard G. Lesure
Part 2. Africa
4:Predynastic Egyptian Figurines, Alice Stevenson
5:Prehistoric Figurines in Sudan, Gunnar Haaland and Randi Haaland
6:The Sahara, Barbara E. Barich
7:Southern Africa, Alex Schoeman
8:West Africa, Timothy Insoll
9:Equatorial Africa, Pierre de Maret
Part 3. The Americas
10:Caribbean, Andrzej Antczak and Magdalena Antczak
11:Mesoamerica - Maya, Erin L. Sears
12:Mesoamerica - Olmec, Christopher A. Pool
13:Mesoamerica - Highland Formative (Early to Middle Formative) Figurines, Jeffrey P. Blomster
14:Aztec Figurines, Lisa Overholtzer
15:North America - Southwest, Polly Schaafsma
16:Figurines and Figural Art of the Northwest Coast, Roy L. Carlson
17:Inuguat: Prehistoric Human Figurines in the North American Arctic, William W. Fitzhugh and Bernadette Driscoll Engelstad
18:South America - Andes, George F. Lau
19:Figurine Traditions from the Amazon, Cristiana Barreto
Part 4. Asia
20:Anatolia, Ellen Belcher and Karina Croucher
21:Prehistoric Figurines in China: The Deep History of Figurative Imagery in China, Sascha Priewe
22:South Asia - Indus Civilization, Sharri R. Clark and J. Mark Kenoyer
23:Anthropomorphic Clay Figurines of the Jomon Period of Japan, Koji Mizoguchi
24:Clay Ideas: Levantine Neolithic Figurine Trajectories and Intellectual Threads, Ian Kuijt
25:Figurines in Prehistoric Mesopotamia, Stuart Campbell and Aurelie Daems
26:From a Bird's Eye View: Prehistoric Human Figurines from Iran, Aurelie Daems
Part 5. Australasia and the Pacific
27:Wooden Figurines of Easter Island, Catherine Orliac and Michel Orliac
Part 6. Europe
28:Cycladic Figurines, Colin Renfrew
29:Minoan and Mycenaean Figurines, Christine Morris
30:Palaeolithic Central and Eastern Europe, Rebecca Farbstein
31:Neolithic Eastern and Central Europe, Eszter Bánffy
32:Figurines of Malta, Caroline Malone and Simon Stoddart
33:Mediterranean - Cyprus, Daisy Knox
34:Prehistoric Figurines in Italy, Robin Skeates
35:Mediterranean - Sardinia, Isabelle Vella Gregory
36:Southeast European Neolithic Figurines: Beyond Context, Interpretation, and Meaning, Doug Bailey
37:Palaeolithic Western and North Central Europe, Paul Pettitt
38:Neolithic Figurines of Western Europe, Chris Scarre