The factors involved in the florescence of 'art' and symbolic practices in the Neolithic of Anatolia and the Levant
My research examines the florescence of symbolically elaborated material symbolism or âartâ witnessed with the appearance of the first sedentary village farming com munitiesâ c. 10000 years ago of Anatolia and Levant in South - West Asia. The objective is to clarify the potential correlation between symbolic material and increased sedentism, territoriality, ritual practice, group size, subsistence changes, agriculture, husbandry, and domestication. Specifically, to examine the psychological changes may have allowed, or promoted, social and economic changes through sedentism and farming. Considering the implications of social transformations in the Neolithic, despite the numerous Neolithic decorated buildings, decorated tools , figurines, and decoration portable items, studies to date have failed to cross reference the symbolism displayed on such items. Though the methodological approaches in this thesis have been influenced by the work of KozĆowski and Aurenche (2005) , who use an extensive assemblage to assess the implications of style on territories and boundaries in South - West Asia, a much broader framew ork for analysis is required for this thesis. A larger range of variables had to be considered
Schepens, Christine
The factors involved in the florescence of 'art' and symbolic practices in the Neolithic of Anatolia and the Levant. My research examines the florescence of symbolically elaborated material symbolism or âartâ witnessed with the appearance of the first sedentary village farming com munitiesâ c. 10000 years ago of Anatolia and Levant in South - West Asia. The objective is to clarify the potential correlation between symbolic material and increased sedentism, territoriality, ritual practice, group size, subsistence changes, agriculture, husbandry, and domestication. Specifically, to examine the psychological changes may have allowed, or promoted, social and economic changes through sedentism and farming. Considering the implications of social transformations in the Neolithic, despite the numerous Neolithic decorated buildings, decorated tools , figurines, and decoration portable items, studies to date have failed to cross reference the symbolism displayed on such items. Though the methodological approaches in this thesis have been influenced by the work of KozĆowski and Aurenche (2005) , who use an extensive assemblage to assess the implications of style on territories and boundaries in South - West Asia, a much broader framew ork for analysis is required for this thesis. A larger range of variables had to be considered
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