Proposal
For my final paper, I plan to write about this figurine (labeled 12401.X7) from Çatalhöyük. The figurine is headless, and its front is that of a corpulent person while its back is skeletal. I plan to discuss and explore the nature of figurines as instrumental (as opposed to symbolic) objects representing idealized abundance, and examine their connection with practices involving plastering the bones of the dead. I will be approaching this topic through the lens of the discovery of this and other figurines in "secondary contexts," namely midden and fill.
Çatalhöyük.docx
Bibiliography
Hodder, Ian; 2006. The leopard’s tale: revealing the mysteries of Çatalhöyük. London: Thames & Hudson.
Meskell, Lynn; 1998. “Twin peaks: the archaeologies of Çatalhöyük,” in Ancient goddesses: the myths and the evidence. Edited by Lucy Goodison and Christine Morris. London: British Museum Press, 46–62.
Meskell, Lynn and Carolyn Nakamura; 2009. “Articulate bodies: forms and figures at Çatalhöyük,” Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 16: 205–30.
Meskell, Lynn, Carolyn Nakamura, Rachel King, and Shahina Farid; 2008. “Figured lifeworlds and depositional practices at Çatalhöyük” in Cambridge Archaeological Journal 18:2 139–61.
