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Human Figurines

Human Figurines is an artifact category within prehistoric art consisting of three-dimensional representations of the human form, distinguished from other figurative works by its stylized or symbolic anthropomorphic features and its association with ritual, fertility, or social practices in Paleolithic and Neolithic cultures.

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153

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2017–2026

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Publications

198

A female figurine from the basal Aurignacian of Hohle Fels Cave in southwestern Germany

Nicholas J. Conard · Nature · 2009 · 393 citations

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Coming of age in Ancient Greece: images of childhood from the classical past

Choice Reviews Online · 2004 · 197 citations

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A New Look at the Berekhat Ram Figurine: Implications for the Origins of Symbolism

Francesco d’Errico, April Nowell · Cambridge Archaeological Journal · 2000 · 195 citations

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Children's Use of Anatomically Detailed Dolls to Recount an Event

Gail S. Goodman, Christine Aman · Child Development · 1990 · 192 citations

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The Essays of Michel de Montaigne

Notes and Queries · 1906 · 184 citations

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Authors

337

  1. AN
    April Nowell

    University of Victoria, Canada

    4 publications · 294 citations

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  2. SM
    Stephanie M. Langin-Hooper

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    3 publications · 102 citations

    4

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  3. LM
    Lynn Meskell

    Stanford University, United States

    3 publications · 170 citations

    3

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  4. RG
    Richard G. Lesure

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    3 publications · 107 citations

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  5. RA
    Rosemary A. Joyce

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    3 publications · 158 citations

    3

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Institutions

153

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    291 citations

  2. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    296 citations

  3. University of Victoria

    Victoria, Canada

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    130 citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    203 citations

  5. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    100 citations

  6. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    32 citations

  7. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    162 citations

  8. Archéologies et Sciences de l’Antiquité

    Nanterre, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    77 citations

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Venues

  1. Cambridge Archaeological Journal

    13 publications · 727 citations

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  2. American Journal of Archaeology

    10 publications · 449 citations

    10

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 9 publications · 429 citations

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  4. World Archaeology

    7 publications · 267 citations

    7

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  5. Antiquity

    7 publications · 271 citations

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