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008 141024s2015 enkab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014023065
020 $a9780190202361
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
043 $aa------
050 00 $aGN851$b.J33 2015
082 00 $a950/.1$223
100 1 $aJacobson-Tepfer, Esther,$d1939-
245 14 $aThe hunter, the stag, and the mother of animals :$bimage, monument, and landscape in ancient North Asia /$cEsther Jacobson-Tepfer.
264 1 $aOxford ;$aNew York, NY :$bOxford University Press,$c2015.
300 $axxxiii, 413 pages :$billustrations (some color), maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 2 $a"Jacobson-Tepfer explores the changing traditions of belief in pre-Bronze and Bronze Age North Asia, centering her argument on a female deity and her evolution until the early Iron Age"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe transformation of image, object and belief in prehistoric North Asia -- The appearance of the animal mother -- The persistence of liminal beings -- The mother of animals -- Intimations of death and transformation -- The end of naturalism in nomadic art -- The pivot between life and death -- Traces of ancient beliefs -- The archaeology of belief.
650 0 $aAntiquities, Prehistoric$zAsia.
650 0 $aReligion, Prehistoric$zAsia.
650 0 $aDeer$xSymbolic aspects$zAsia$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aGoddesses, Asian$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aLiminality$zAsia$xReligious aspects$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aSocial change$zAsia$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aSocial archaeology$zAsia.
650 0 $aLandscape archaeology$zAsia.
651 0 $aAsia$xAntiquities.