{"product_id":"dancing-at-the-dawn-of-agriculture-paperback-softback-9780292745230","title":"Dancing at the Dawn of Agriculture (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292745230","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDancing at the Dawn of Agriculture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eYosef Garfinkel (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292745230\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 June 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e346 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 1.8 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eDancing at the Dawn of Agriculture\u003c\/i\u003e offers fresh insights into live in the Cradle of Civilisation, and will hopefully serve as great sustenance for future thought on this intriguing issue.\u003c\/div\u003e (Minerva)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs 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 that scenes of dancing are among the oldest and most persistent themes in Near Eastern prehistoric art, and these depictions of dance accompanied the spread of agriculture into surrounding regions of Europe and Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this pathfinding book, Yosef Garfinkel analyzes depictions of dancing found on archaeological objects from the Near East, southeastern Europe, and Egypt to offer the first comprehensive look at the role of dance in these Neolithic (7000-4000 BC) societies. In the first part of the book, Garfinkel examines the structure of dance, its functional roles in the community (with comparisons to dance in modern pre-state societies), and its cognitive, or symbolic, aspects. This analysis leads him to assert that scenes of dancing depict real community rituals linked to the agricultural cycle and that dance was essential for maintaining these calendrical rituals and passing them on to succeeding generations. In the concluding section of the book, Garfinkel presents and discusses the extensive archaeological data-some 400 depictions of dance-on which his study is based.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Figures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Tables\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I. The Dance Analysis \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. Introduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. Structural Analysis of the Dance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. Functional Analysis of the Dance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. Cognitive Analysis of the Dancing Scenes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. Conclusions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II. The Data \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. General Remarks Concerning the Data\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7. Neolithic Near East\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8. Halafian and Samarra Cultures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 9. Neolithic and Chalcolithic Iran\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 10. Neolithic Southeast Europe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 11. Predynastic Egypt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 12. Later Examples from the Near East\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 13. Appendix: The Figures with \"\u003cbr\u003eTurned-Upwards Legs\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52520710930712,"sku":"9780292745230","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/dancing-at-the-dawn-of-agriculture-paperback-softback-9780292745230","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}