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Subjectivity and Material Culture in Thessaly, Greece: the Case of Neolithic Anthropomorphc Imagery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2005

Stratos Nanoglou
Stratos Nanoglou
Affiliation:
15 Plataion str., 54249, Thessaloniki, Greece; nanoglou@hist.auth.gr.
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Abstract

This article considers the role of anthropomorphic imagery in the constitution of subjects in Neolithic Thessaly, Greece. To accomplish that, material culture is seen as discourse, i.e. an articulating practice, which through its reiteration empowers certain positions rather than others. The objective of the study is to identify some aspects of the forms that specific anthropomorphic figures encourage or oblige those positions to take. These aspects pertain mainly to the human body. One conclusion is that there is a shift from an emphasis on the image of movement to an emphasis on the static image of the body and a concomitant interest in the head.

Keywords

anthropomorphic imageryNeolithic figurinesThessaly, NeolithicGreek figurines
Type
Research Article
Information
Cambridge Archaeological Journal , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , October 2005 , pp. 141 - 156
Copyright
2005 The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research

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