Waist-to-hip ratios of Jomon figurines

• Autores: Mark J. Hudson, Mami Aoyama
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 81, Nº 314, 2007, págs. 961-971
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The authors show that the Jomon clay figurines made by hunter-gatherers use imagery that emphasises a narrow waist and full hips, showing that a female construct was part of the symbolism of these possibly shamanistic objects. In creating these figurines, prehistoric people were no doubt turning a recognition of health and fertility into more cultural icons. Admirers of the female form will be interested to learn that preference for the fuller, curvaceous �hourglass� shape �has probably been the norm over much of human evolution�.