Waist-to-hip ratios of Jomon figurines

Antiquity

Volumn 81, Issue 314, 2007, Pages 961-971

  Hudson, Mark J ^a   Aoyama, Mami ^a  

^a University of West Kyushu   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clay figurines; Cult objects; Gender; Japan; Jomon culture; Prehistoric; Sex; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CLAY; FERTILITY; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN EVOLUTION; HUNTER-GATHERER; IMAGERY; PREHISTORIC; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 37449010508     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00096046     Document Type: Article

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