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photography

By ach 5 Comments
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We are all set for our second session of small finds photography tomorrow. Below is a record of our initial session, mid June:

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  1. 1 Richard
    July 2, 2014 at 16:16

    Interesting! Can you say more about that figurine? Do you know when it’s from, or anything about it’s cultural significance?

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    • 2 ach
      July 9, 2014 at 12:39

      Hi Richard, not yet, but it does seem that figurines were made quite widely throughout the site. Still today children make them locally. Archaeologically, most often they are animals – probably bovids – rather than anthropomorphic. They are quite small and usually not as clear as the example above. You’ll be able to see some in our forthcoming exhibition at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, come October.

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  2. 3 gill doyle
    July 6, 2014 at 13:32

    I think this figurine looks fascinating. I look forward to hearing what you find out about it.

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