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Small anthropomorphic figurines in clay at Gipka neolithic settlements:
2005
Miniature Neolithic figurines in clay are a special topic of research. This especially concerns areas where their representation has so far been poor. While carrying out archaeological excavations in Northern Kurzeme, the north west coastal dune yone of Riga Bay, a ritual-like complex was recovered at Gipka A site belonging to the local Culture of Pit Ceramics. It consists of several large and smaller fireplaces and pits, with the finds of fragmentary clay figurines recovered under the palisade that surrounded the settlement. The head and body of the miniature anthropomorphic figurines in clay have original modelling. It is possible to single out two types of figurine: with rather broad che…
The production of terracotta figurines in the city of Augustodunum. Presentation of the latest research.
2018
National audience; Les opérations archéologiques menées depuis 2013 sur le secteur de la Genetoye ont permis de mettre au jour un mobilier de coroplastie important et de bonne qualité. Ces figurines ont constitué le point de départ de la réalisation d’un mémoire universitaire (ANDROUIN 2017) et d’une nouvelle approche de ces objets. Nous présenterons ici les derniers résultats concernant l’étude des productions des figurines en terre cuite gallo-romaines dans l’agglomération d’Augustodunum.
Dioniso a Centuripe: iconografia ‘teatrale’ e imagerie dionisiaca in contesto funerario
2021
The purpose of the paper is to bring together and to assess some strands of the funerary imagery elaborated in Centuripe (Sicily) in 3rd-1st centuries B.C., that until recently have been viewed in total isolation from each other. Dionysian themes and motifs have been variously identified in the local polychrome pottery, since the discovery, early in 20th century, of two impressive vases representing Dionysos himself in a relaxed pose; as opposed to the prevailing “bacchic-orphic” explanation, however, from the second half of past century the nuptial theme was considered to be the most important of the Centuripan vase inventory; finally, some scholars have argued that the repertory was not s…
Corpi che contano. Prolegomeni per una teoria della materialità delle immagini
2022
Oggetto di questo saggio è un tipo di artefatti che ha avu- to in passato, ha ancora e avrà in futuro un significato centra- le nella produzione dell’Homo Sapiens: le miniature. Si tratta di oggetti che hanno accompagnato tutta la sua evoluzione e la cui datazione non ha smesso di sorprendere i paleontologi. Sappiamo, ad esempio, che la scultura antropomorfa ritro- vata a Berekhat Ram (fig. 1) in Israele e quella di Tan Tan (fig. 2) in Marocco risalgono a parecchie centinaia di migliaia di anni fa, e dunque sono ben più antiche delle cosiddette Veneri che popolano il Paleolitico superiore europeo. The subject of this essay is a type of artifact that has had in the past, still has and will h…
Al cuore del fantastico. Ibridi da pensare nel Paleolitico
2022
Our narrative abilities go back before Chauvet. Already the ivory figure of the so-called Hohlenstein-Stadel Lion-Man, dated to about 40,000 years ago, must be regarded as the most advanced product of a hundred if not a thousand years of figurative and narrative experimentation. In order to create this hybrid figure, as well the more or less theriomorphic figures which populate caves all over the world, the human mind must have possessed developed narrative skills. All the imaginary animals found in prehistoric art and all the teratologies found in caves, presuppose a narrative, more precisely the story of a metamorphosis. In this contribution I propose an interpretation that investigates t…
Les bronzes figurés antiques du Musée de Mâcon (Saône-et-Loire, F)
2011
In the course of its history, the Musee des Ursulines, at Macon, collected about 10 bronze figurines, some of them found as early as the mid-17th c. This article describes this largely unpublished collection and its scientific implications. Among the new data appears a votive bronze statuette, of italic type, found locally and datable to the Vth-IVth c. BC.
Clay witnesses. The terracotta figurines from the center of Gaul.
2020
International audience; Dans le courant du XIXe siècle, au cœur du département de l’Allier, les découvertes de petits objets en terre cuite attirent l’attention des érudits et des chercheurs. Alfred Bertrand, Louis Esmonnot ou encore Edmond Tudot, membres de la Société d’Émulation de l’Allier, entreprennent alors de fouiller plusieurs de ces sites. Ils mettent au jour de nombreux fours datant de l’Antiquité ainsi que des fragments de figurines et les moules qui ont servi à les produire. L’étude de ces artefacts met ainsi en lumière ce riche territoire de la basse vallée de l’Allier. C’est à la croisée de plusieurs peuples celtes (Éduens, Bituriges Cubes, Arvernes ou Ambivarètes) que se déve…
Pistillus, an unexpected workshop?
2021
National audience; L’opération archéologique programmée entreprise à l’été 2019 sur le quartier artisanal gallo-romain du secteur de la Genetoye à Autun a mis en évidence un nouvel atelier de potier. Ce dernier, à notre grande surprise, a livré une importante quantité d’objets liés à l’artisanat de la coroplastie. Ce matériel vient compléter les connaissances déjà acquises sur ce type de production sur la Genetoye et sur Autun . La première phase de l’étude apporte de nouvelles informations sur un coroplaste très célèbre à Autun : Pistillus.
A white terracotta figurines production at the Genetoye site in Autun
2017
National audience; La fouille en 2014 d’un secteur du quartier artisanal de la Genetoye a permis de mettre au jour un riche et abondant mobilier de coroplastie. Composé de 190 individus, ce corpus, actuellement en cours d’étude, permet d’ores et déjà d’en savoir plus sur la production de figurine en terre cuite à la Genetoye et plus largement sur la ville d’Autun-Augustodunum.
Técnicas, modelos y transferencia en la ingeniería de puentes de la Cuba decimonónica. 1800-1860
2021
El fomento de las obras públicas como recurso de desarrollo económico y comercial tiene en la Cuba decimonónica uno de sus ejemplos nacionales más destacados. En este proceso, la implementación de la tecnología de la nueva era industrial introdujo en la isla nuevas referencias que tuvieron un impacto destacable en varios ámbitos constructivos. Este trabajo tiene como objetivo proyectar este análisis sobre la evolución de la ingeniería de puentes de los dos primeros tercios del siglo XIX. Mediante la documentación de varios proyectos, algunos inéditos, se identifican cuáles fueron sus modelos de referencia, sus vías de introducción y los canales de transferencia que tuvieron lugar a partir d…