The social lives of figurines : recontextualizing the third-millennium-BC terracotta figurines from Harappa (Pakistan)
| Parallelsachtitel: |
Recontextualizing the third-millennium-BC terracotta figurines from Harappa (Pakistan) |
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| 1. Verfasser: |
Clark, Sharri R., 1961-
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Cambridge, MA :
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, in association with the American School of Prehistoric Research, Harvard University,
2016.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xv, 346 pages. : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.). |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University ;
v. 86 |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- 1. Introduction. 1.a. The Harappan terracotta figurines ; 1.b. The "social lives" of figurines ; 1.c. A brief history of the Indus civilization ; 1.d. Figurines and archaeological interpretation ; 1.e. The study of the Harappan terracotta figurines in the context of figurine studies in South Asia and around the world
- 2. Materials and methodology. 2.a. Theoretical considerations ; 2.b. Data collection strategy
- 3. Manufacturing meaning. 3.a. "Re-constructing" the terracotta figurines ; 3.b. The implications of clay as a medium ; 3.c. Hand modeling versus molding and mass production ; 3.d. Types of figurine forms and production estimates from Harappa ; 3.e. Radiographic and other analyses related to construction ; 3.f. Analysis of pigments from Harappa ; 3.g. Who made the Indus terracotta figurines from Harappa? ; 3.h. Interpreting the construction of the terracotta figurines from Harappa
- 4. Embodying Indus life : social difference and daily life at Harappa. 4.a. Embodying Indus life in the anthropomorphic figurines from Harappa ; 4.b. Embodying Indus life in the zoomorphic figurines from Harappa ; 4.c. Embodying Indus life : depicting difference and society at Harappa
- 5. A provisional chronological typology for figurines from Harappa. 5.a. Introduction for the provisional chronological typology ; 5.b. Period 1 (Ravi phase, ca. 3300-2800 BC) figurines from Harappa ; 5.c. Period 2 (Kot Diji phase, ca. 2800-2600 BC) figurines from Harappa ; 5.d. Period 3 (Harappa phase, ca. 2600-1900 BC) figurines from Harappa ; 5.e. Periods 4/5 (transitional/late Harappa phase, ca. 1900-1300 BC) figurines from Harappa ; 5.f. Post-Indus (ca. 1300-300 BC) and historic (ca. <300 BC) figurines from Harappa ; 5.g. Chronological trends and connections
- 6. The figurines and religion in the Indus civilization : the view from Harappa. 6.a. Cultic interpretation in archaeology ; 6.b. The Indus civilization as a source of later religious traditions ; 6.c. In search of "the Mother Goddess" ; 6.d. Other Hindu analogies ; 6.e. The figurines and cult, magic, and shamanism at Harappa
- 7. Concluding remarks. 7.a. Significance and contributions of this research ; 7.b. The Indus "veneer" and indigenous regional traditions ; 7.c. Directions for future research.
- Appendices (on enclosed disc). A. Attributes of functional classes and associated predicted patterns of wear, damage, and disposition based on ethnographic and ethnohistorical sources for figures and figurines ; B. Preliminary catalog of figurines from Harappa (by storage location) ; C. Iconographic database layout for attribute analysis ; D. Terracotta figurine ritual additive chromatography experiment ; E. Anayltical report: FT-IR and gas chromatography analyses of pigment samples from harappa terracotta figurines ; F. Provisional chronological typology for the terracotta figurines from Harappa.
