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Ashkelon 4: The Iron Age Figurines of Ashkelon and Philistia

Ashkelon 4: The Iron Age Figurines of Ashkelon and Philistia

Press, Michael D.

Hardcover

Series: Final Reports of the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon, Book 4

ArchaeologyAncient History GeneralIsrael & Palestine History

ISBN10: 1575069423
ISBN13: 9781575069425
Publisher: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
Published: Jun 30 2012
Pages: 280
Weight: 2.83
Height: 0.90 Width: 8.78 Depth: 11.26
Language: English

In this volume, Dr. Michael D. Press publishes the complete Iron Age corpus of terracotta anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figurines from the Leon Levy Expedition. Adapting a methodology of typology, iconography, and iconology, Press lays out his theoretical framework for analyzing and understanding the figurines of Ashkelon and those from Philistine cultures. Throughout this study, which covers nearly six centuries of Philistine life, the well-dated archaeological contexts of the figurines are stressed as much as their form and decoration. With an uncanny eye for form and detail, Press succeeds in changing our understanding of Philistine iconography while providing a model of method and theory that could be applied to the coroplastic art of many cultures.

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