Human Figurines from the Region of Tel Halif in Light of Schematic Representations in the Chalcolithic Cultures of the Southern Levant

This article presents a newly discovered figurine of chalky limestone found at a cave close to Tel Halif in the northern Negev during salvage excavations conducted after the cave was partially looted. The figurine is compared with the corpus of figurines with similar iconographic characteristics. Tw...

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Authors: Milevski, Ianir 1955- (Author) ; Ganor, Amir (Author) ; Geṣov, Nimrod (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The University of Chicago Press 2018
In: Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 2018, Issue: 379, Pages: 87-102
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HH Archaeology
KBL Near East and North Africa
Further subjects:B Tel Halif
B Ghassulian
B Figurines
B Iconography
B Chalcolithic
B Southern Levant
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Summary:This article presents a newly discovered figurine of chalky limestone found at a cave close to Tel Halif in the northern Negev during salvage excavations conducted after the cave was partially looted. The figurine is compared with the corpus of figurines with similar iconographic characteristics. Two exemplars found years earlier at Tel Halif itself are reexamined. In light of new data, it is suggested that these figurines should be dated to the Chalcolithic period.
ISSN:2161-8062
Contains:Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5615/bullamerschoorie.379.0087