Manufactured individually, performed communally : Variability vs. Consistency in the shaping strategies of neolithic female figurine production

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F25%3A00140435" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/25:00140435 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104915" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104915</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104915" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104915</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Manufactured individually, performed communally : Variability vs. Consistency in the shaping strategies of neolithic female figurine production

Original language description

Ceramic figurines in Neolithic research have mostly been studied from the perspective of their possible symbolic or religious value in the past. However, we perceive that such insight cannot be achieved through direct analysis; these phenomena are subjective and did not leave any trace on the archaeological record. We lack sufficient knowledge on past societies necessary to make claims in this regard. Therefore, the goal of this research is to understand the manufacturing process in terms of the production complexity and the consistency / variability in their shaping strategies. We seek to discover the existing rules of their shaping, their final appearance and other particularities, and whether they were produced by many separate individuals or multiply produced by one or few persons. This data is based on objective grounds and allows us to understand the role of the figurines in the society in terms of their individual or communal performance, i.e. practical or symbolic handling or use. Our results are based on analysing the largest known figurine collection from the eastern part of Central Europe, which comprises 375 figurines and their fragments from the Lengyel culture (4800-4200 BCE) settlement site Těšetice-Kyjovice-Sutny (Czech Republic). We analysed how they were shaped using high-resolution 3D and micro-CT.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60102 - Archaeology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA22-28334S" target="_blank" >GA22-28334S: Neolithic figurines in the light of analytical data. Manufacturing technology, traces of the use, patterns of the fragmentation and deposition.</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Archaeological Science : Reports

ISSN

2352-409X

e-ISSN

2352-4103

Volume of the periodical

61

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

22

Pages from-to

1-22

UT code for WoS article

001390726900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85212145793