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- Title
Waist-to-hip ratios of Jomon figurines.
- Authors
Hudson, Mark J.; Aoyama, Mami
- Abstract
The authors show that the Jomon clay figurines made by hunter-gatherers use imagery that emphasises a narrow waist and full hips, showing that a female construct was part of the symbolism of these possibly shamanistic objects. In creating these figurines, prehistoric people were no doubt turning a recognition of health and fertility into more cultural icons. Admirers of the female form will be interested to learn that preference for the fuller, curvaceous 'hourglass' shape 'has probably been the norm over much of human evolution.'
- Subjects
JAPAN; PREHISTORIC figurines; FERTILITY figures; HUMAN fertility in art; PREHISTORIC sculpture; ARCHAEOLOGY; JOMON culture; JAPANESE sculpture -- To 794; SEX differences (Biology); HISTORY; ANTIQUITIES
- Publication
Antiquity, 2007, Vol 81, Issue 314, p961
- ISSN
0003-598X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0003598X00096046