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 Banffy
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