The "Gilat Woman": Female Iconography, Chalcolithic Cult, and the End of Southern Levantine Prehistory

Sometimes a single artifact can be the stimulus for a deep rethinking of a major socio-historic process. In this study, the authors use the "Gilat Woman" as a springboard for an innovative and provocative new appreciation of the economic and socio-political structures that underlay the Lev...

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Published in:Near Eastern archaeology 2001-03, Vol.64 (1/2), p.9-23
Main Authors: Joffe, Alexander H., Dessel, J. P., Hallote, Rachel S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chalcolithic period
Dialogue
Excavations
Figurines
Funerary rituals
Iconography
Material culture
Prehistory
Religious rituals
Symbolism
Tattooing
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Summary:Sometimes a single artifact can be the stimulus for a deep rethinking of a major socio-historic process. In this study, the authors use the "Gilat Woman" as a springboard for an innovative and provocative new appreciation of the economic and socio-political structures that underlay the Levantine Chalcolithic.
ISSN:1094-2076
2325-5404
DOI:10.2307/3210817