Animal Iconography in the Archaeological Record

Laerke Recht is an archaeologist at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge (Affiliated Scholar, former Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow). Katarzyna Zeman-Wisniewska is an archaeologist at the Institute of Archaeology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw.

• 1. Introduction: The Third Dimension and Animal Iconography in ArchaeologyLaerke Recht and Katarzyna Zeman-Wiśniewska2. Zoomorphic Terracotta Figurines in Halaf Culture and New Evidence of Secondary Products Exploitation in the 6th Millennium BC in Northern MesopotamiaNicola Scheyhing, PhD Candidate, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg3. Neolithic Vessels with Animal Characteristics: Modifications of Material Corporeal Signs, Negotiations of Clay BodyscapesEvangelia Voulgari, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki4. The Minoan Monkey: Ties between the Aegean and Indus River Valley via MesopotamiaMarie Nicole Pareja, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Millersville University and Pennsylvania State University5. How Many Tentacles? Octo-pus and x-pus in the Greek Bronze Age: A New Archaeozoological ApproachLucia Alberti, National Research Council of Italy, and Giambattista Bello, University of Bari (retired)6. Bird-shaped Vessels of Bronze Age Cyprus as Three-dimensional ObjectsKatarzyna Zeman-Wiśniewska7. ‘Flying Gallop’ Iconography and its Representations in the Burial Rites of the Eurasian Bronze AgeEmma Usmanova, Saryarka Archaeological Institute. Buketov Karaganda State University (Kazakhstan), Olga Gumirova, journalist, and Igor Chechushkov, Institute of History and Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences8. The Role of the Horse in Ancient Egyptian: In Society and ImageryLonneke Delpeut, PhD Candidate, Leiden University9. Horns as Symbols in Bronze Age Scandinavian Southern Tradition Rock ArtJoanna M. Lawrence, PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge10. Lions and Other Animal Representations Found in Funerary Contexts in Archaic MacedoniaNathalie del Socorro, Museum of Nogent-sur-Seine in France, University of Nanterre.11. Buckle up! A Comparison of Ornamental Design on Pazyryk Riding Gear of the Sites Pazyryk-1, Berel’11 and Ak-Alakha-3 in Regards to Supra-regional Exchange during the 3rd Century BCAnna-Elisa Stümpel, ReMa student, University of Groningen12. Dogs of Roman Britain: Secular, Sacred or Consumed?Branka Franicevic, PhD Candidate, University of Bradford13. Dragons, Griffins and Leucrottas: Supernatural Creatures in the Eastern BalticTõnno Jonuks, Literary Museum in Tartu

"A young and fresh attempt to tackle a subject which has long stood in the shadow of the study and interpretation of anthropomorphic imagery." Professor Louis Nebelsick, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw