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- Title
Dancing and the Beginning of Art Scenes in the Early Village Communities of the Near East and Southeast Europe.
- Authors
Garfinkel, Yosef
- Abstract
Dancing is depicted in the earliest art of the ancient Near East. It appears in many variations from the ninth to the sixth millennium BP over a vast geographical range. This article discusses the dancing performance, the social context of the dance and cognitive aspects of the dancing scenes. Ethnographic observations are used in order to gain a wider view of dancing and dancing scenes in pre-state societies. A correlation can be observed between art, symbolism, religion and social organization.
- Publication
Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 1998, Vol 8, Issue 2, p207
- ISSN
0959-7743
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0959774300001840