Conference paper: One or Many? Re-examining the function and social context of bovid figurines from Predynastic Egyptian settlements

  • Elizabeth Brice (Speaker)

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    During Naqada IA–IIC/D of the Predynastic period (ca. 3800–3325 BCE) in the Egyptian Nile Valley, some communities produced animal figurines that thought to be cattle. People disposed of them in settlement contexts and placed them in burials, highlighting the multivocality of these figurines, and pointing towards the likelihood that they were produced for more than one purpose. Bovid figurines, unlike female anthropomorphic figurines, have remained at the margins of scholarly discourse until more recently as their function and social context is apparently more elusive than their anthropomorphic counterparts.
    Period28 Jan 2021
    Event titleMediterranean Archaeology Australasian Research Community Annual Conference
    Event typeConference
    LocationMelbourne, Australia, VictoriaShow on map
    Degree of RecognitionNational