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rod-headed en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to Neolithic stylised human figurines with heads that are elongated or cylindrical, rather than having a detailed, rounded head with facial features.
    • Rather similar simple forms can be found over the whole area, and there are also specific inter-regional types, such as the widely distributed rod-headed figurines. 1996, A. W. R. Whittle, Europe in the Neolithic: The Creation of New Worlds, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 64:
    • A broad scatter of kurgan graves in the steppes contained imported Tripolye C2 pots (among other imported pot types) and a few, like Serezlievka, also contained Tripolye-like schematic rod-headed figurines. 2007, David W. Anthony, The Horse, the Wheel, and Language, Princeton: Princeton University Press, page 498: