Late Neolithic Figurines as an Expression of Social Inequality

The Functional Analysis of Clay Figurines of the Neolithic Period

In general, the figurines belonging to the Neolithic (the New Stone Age) have rarely been under functional analysis. Nevertheless, three studies undertaken on the figurines unearthed from some places in the Middle East have presented some classifications for them, and attempted to study different results in terms of their application (Voight, M., 1983, pp.186-192). The first one is the publishe...

the role of color in neolithic figurines

color is an abstract phenomenon with an important role in the shaping of the world, the description of the world and in visual relationships. the science and knowledge of making color and the use of color in different ways, an endeavor that has been guided by nature, is rooted in very ancient times: seeing the light of the moon, the sun, the stars and the variety of color in flowers, animals an...

Inequality as pollution, pollution as inequality The social-ecological nexus

[Hospital assistance as an indicator of social inequality].

OBJECTIVE To test a model for the study of inequalities in hospitalizations in the city of Ribeirâo Preto (SP), understanding them to be due both to the social position of inpatients and also to health care policies in Brazil. MATERIAL AND METHOD Using a hospital information system in existence for more than 25 years in the city of Ribeirâo Preto-SP, 56.293 hospitalizations of municipal inhab...

Social inequality and death as illustrated in late-medieval death dances.

Late-medieval murals and books of the then-popular "dances of death" usually represented the living according to their social standing. These works of art thus provide an interesting opportunity to study the relationship between social inequality and death as it was perceived by the works' commissioners or executers. The social hierarchy in these dances of death is mostly based on the scheme of...