Comparative Determinations of Some Figurines from Predynastic Egypt Cover Image

Determinări comparative ale unor figurine din perioada Egiptului predinastic
Comparative Determinations of Some Figurines from Predynastic Egypt

Author(s): Radu Stănese
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Archaeology, Ancient World, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Editura Universitatii LUCIAN BLAGA din Sibiu
Keywords: figurine; Badari; Neqada; isometric symmetry; biometric symmetry; golden disproportion; predynastic; protodynastic; comparative anthropometry; corporeality;

Summary/Abstract: Archaeological discoveries of the late 19th and early 20th centuries have brought to researchers attention a series of sites that indicates two civilizations, apparently unconnected to the dynastic periods of ancient Egypt. The collections of anthropomorphic figurines of the Badari and Naqada cultures offer the possibility of comparative anthropometric measurements, which highlight the evolution and diffusion process, as well as of new meanings for the archetypal corporeality that made figurines possible. The presence of the same golden disproportion in representations from both cultures and the optimization of Naqada anthropometric proportions over the centuries foreshadows the aesthetic norms of the dynastic period.

  • Issue Year: 55/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 60-74
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Romanian