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Dancing at the dawn of agriculture /
"As the nomadic hunters and gatherers of the ancient Near East turned to agriculture for their livelihood and settled into villages, religious ceremonies involving dancing became their primary means for bonding individuals into communities and households into villages. So important was dance th...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2003.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- The Dance Analysis
- Structural Analysis of the Dance
- Functional Analysis of the Dance
- Cognitive Analysis of the Dancing Scenes
- Conclusions
- The Data
- General Remarks Concerning the Data
- Neolithic Near East
- Halafian and Samarra Cultures
- Neolithic and Chalcolithic Iran
- Neolithic Southeast Europe
- Predynastic Egypt
- Later Examples from the Near East.