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| Emotions and Art in Prehistory |
© 2007-2009 International Institute of Anthropology
© 2007-2009 Lolita Nikolova, PhD
For inquiry e-mail to: admin@iianthropology.org
© 2007-2009 Lolita Nikolova, PhD
For inquiry e-mail to: admin@iianthropology.org
Case Study: Balkan Prehistoric Figurines
Abstract
Lolita Nikolova, University of Utah & International Institute of Anthropology,Salt Lake City, Utah,
USA
The pioneer work of Douglass W. Bailey “Prehistoric Figurines” (2005) has posed novel
anthropological problems, in particular of emotions in Prehistory and their ritual and artistic
expression.
In our approach we will try to search for meanings of the face expressions of some figurines
from Balkan Prehistory. The Vinča – Krivodol diachronic framework of types of dignitary will be
examined from Late Neolithic – Copper Age in Eurasian archaeological context, as well as from
the perspectives of broader cross-cultural anthropological analogies. We will test our general
research conclusions against the modern theories of human emotions and their expression in art.
The wide-ranging statement that people make the society during every generation by
producing and reproducing pattern that serves the successful strategies of concrete folks will be
further discussed in the context of social psychology of prehistoric communities based on their
material evidence.
Abstract
Lolita Nikolova, University of Utah & International Institute of Anthropology,Salt Lake City, Utah,
USA
The pioneer work of Douglass W. Bailey “Prehistoric Figurines” (2005) has posed novel
anthropological problems, in particular of emotions in Prehistory and their ritual and artistic
expression.
In our approach we will try to search for meanings of the face expressions of some figurines
from Balkan Prehistory. The Vinča – Krivodol diachronic framework of types of dignitary will be
examined from Late Neolithic – Copper Age in Eurasian archaeological context, as well as from
the perspectives of broader cross-cultural anthropological analogies. We will test our general
research conclusions against the modern theories of human emotions and their expression in art.
The wide-ranging statement that people make the society during every generation by
producing and reproducing pattern that serves the successful strategies of concrete folks will be
further discussed in the context of social psychology of prehistoric communities based on their
material evidence.