Dagenham idol
The Dagenham Idol or Dagenham anthropomorphic figure is a highly stylized human figure from the late Neolithic .
Location
The wooden figure was found in 1922 in the Rainham Marshes in Dagenham , an eastern suburb of London . The location is south of Ripple Road on the former Ford site. The figure was discovered during construction. It was covered by a layer of peat more than three feet thick. Approx. 30 m away was the skeleton of a large animal, perhaps a deer. The radiocarbon dating from 2460–2040 BC. Chr. ( Cal ) dated wooden figure is one of the oldest human representations found in England .
description
The figure is 49.5 cm high and is made from the wood of a pine that is at least 30 years old . The armless and footless figure has a drilled hole in the hip area. Wright and Megaw assume that a piece of wood was glued in here as a penis, others interpret it as a vulva, Coles considers that the figure, as well as the late Bronze Age wooden figure from Ralaghan ( Ralaghan man ), Shercock , County Cavan , by means of the movable one Sexual organ could be both sexes, depending on the context. The figure was already weathered when it was buried.
Whereabouts
The Dagenham figure belongs to the Colchester Castle Museum but is on permanent loan at Valence House in Dagenham.
literature
- Richard Cavendish: Prehistoric England . London, English Tourist Board, 1983.
Individual evidence
- ^ Arthur G. Wright, The Dagenham idol. Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society 16, 1923, 288-293; quoted from Miranda J. Green, Images in opposition: polarity, ambivalence and liminality in cult representation. Antiquity, 71 (274), 1997, 898-911. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00085811 .
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Bryrony Coles, Anthropomorphic wooden figures from Britain and Ireland. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 56, 1990, 320
- ↑ 3800 ± 70 BP , OxA-1721, Bryrony Coles, Anthropomorphic wooden Figures from Britain and Ireland. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 56, 1990, 326
- ↑ Colchester Castle Museum: Dagenham Idol ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Bryrony Coles, Anthropomorphic wooden figures from Britain and Ireland. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 56, 1990, 316
- ↑ Bryrony Coles, Anthropomorphic wooden figures from Britain and Ireland. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 56, 1990, 320
- ↑ Vincent Megaw, Art of the European Iron Age, the Elusive Image . Bath, Adams & Dart 1970, 166; quoted from Bryrony Coles, Anthropomorphic wooden Figures from Britain and Ireland. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 56, 1990, 320
- ↑ Miranda J. Green, Images in opposition: polarity, ambivalence and liminality in cult representation. Antiquity 71 (274), 1997, 902
- ↑ Bryrony Coles, Anthropomorphic wooden figures from Britain and Ireland. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 56, 1990, 332
- ↑ Bryrony Coles, Anthropomorphic wooden figures from Britain and Ireland. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 56, 1990, 322
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
