FACES FROM THE PAST. SOME THOUGHTS ON ANTHROPOMORPHIC AND ZOOMORPHIC FIGURINES AND IMAGES IN THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD

• Authors: Beljak Pažinová Noémi
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this article is to present some thoughts on a specific type of archaeological sources within a diverse collection of art depicting humans and animals in the Neolithic (New Stone Age). From the aspect of artistic representation, these artifacts reach their climax in the time when first agricultural cultures appear. Besides taking their different cultural and chronological character into consideration, the goal of this work is to present them in the light of the latest discoveries and information.

Keywords

EN

NEOLITHIC; ANTHROPOMORPHIC; ZOOMORPHIC; MOTIFS; INTERPRETATION

• Publisher: Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovak Republic
• Journal: Studia Historica Nitriensia
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 3 – 26

Contributors

author

Beljak Pažinová Noémi

• Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, Filozofická fakulta, Hodžova 1, 949 01 Nitra, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

DOI

10.17846/SHN.2018.2.1.3-26