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Jacobson-Tepfer, Esther, 1939-

The hunter, the stag, and the mother of animals: image, monument, and landscape in ancient North Asia Esther Jacobson-Tepfer. - Oxford New York, NY 2015 - xxxiii, 413 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The 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.

"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.

ISBN: 9780190202361

LCCN: 2014023065

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Antiquities, Prehistoric--Asia.
Religion, Prehistoric--Asia.
Deer--Symbolic aspects--History--Asia--To 1500.
Goddesses, Asian--History--To 1500.
Liminality--Religious aspects--History--Asia--To 1500.
Social change--History--Asia--To 1500.
Social archaeology--Asia.
Landscape archaeology--Asia.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Asia--Antiquities.

LC Class. No.: GN851 / .J33 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 950.1 / J1591