M/OTHERING: A Database of Terracotta Votive Figurines Representing Adults with Subadults from Ancient Italy
We introduce the M/OTHERING dataset, an open-access resource for researchers exploring the social and religious dimensions of ancient Italy and beyond. This dataset lists metadata for 2,725 terracotta votive figurines depicting adults with subadults, dating from 625 to 27 BCE, and originating from t...
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| description | We introduce the M/OTHERING dataset, an open-access resource for researchers exploring the social and religious dimensions of ancient Italy and beyond. This dataset lists metadata for 2,725 terracotta votive figurines depicting adults with subadults, dating from 625 to 27 BCE, and originating from the historical regions of Etruria, Latium, Magna Graecia, and Sicilia. The upper limit of 27 BCE was chosen to coincide with the end of the Roman Republic and the establishment of the Principate, a major political and cultural transition. While dating remains imprecise for many objects, this boundary provides a meaningful terminus for the dataset’s scope. The dataset includes comprehensive iconographic data along with historical, archaeological, chronological, and spatial metadata, making it a foundational archive for comparative analysis and a crucial tool for large scale meta-analyses. By overcoming language barriers and the inaccessibility of scientific publications or reports that are often only available at local museums and libraries, this dataset facilitates a holistic understanding of maternal imagery, votive practices, and socio-religious dynamics in pre-Roman and Roman Republican Italy at multiple scales. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-80942cfb35e34043b019f85f164c11f62025-08-21T12:41:41ZengUbiquity PressJournal of Open Archaeology Data2049-15652025-07-0113141410.5334/joad.163159M/OTHERING: A Database of Terracotta Votive Figurines Representing Adults with Subadults from Ancient ItalyGiulia Pedrucci0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1876-0599Ricardo Fernandes1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2258-3262Carlo Cocozza2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8614-5459Department of Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, Gondova 2, 811 02 BratislavaDepartment of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Kahlaische Str. 10, Jena, 07745, DE; Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieœcie 26/28, Warsaw, 00-927, PL; Climate Change and History Research Initiative, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Kahlaische Str. 10, Jena, 07745; ArchaeoBioCenter (ABC), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, München, 80539, DE; Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Ambientali Biologiche e Farmaceutiche (DiSTABiF) and Mediterranean bioArchaeological Research Advances (MAReA) centre, Università degli studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via Vivaldi 43, Caserta, 81100We introduce the M/OTHERING dataset, an open-access resource for researchers exploring the social and religious dimensions of ancient Italy and beyond. This dataset lists metadata for 2,725 terracotta votive figurines depicting adults with subadults, dating from 625 to 27 BCE, and originating from the historical regions of Etruria, Latium, Magna Graecia, and Sicilia. The upper limit of 27 BCE was chosen to coincide with the end of the Roman Republic and the establishment of the Principate, a major political and cultural transition. While dating remains imprecise for many objects, this boundary provides a meaningful terminus for the dataset’s scope. The dataset includes comprehensive iconographic data along with historical, archaeological, chronological, and spatial metadata, making it a foundational archive for comparative analysis and a crucial tool for large scale meta-analyses. By overcoming language barriers and the inaccessibility of scientific publications or reports that are often only available at local museums and libraries, this dataset facilitates a holistic understanding of maternal imagery, votive practices, and socio-religious dynamics in pre-Roman and Roman Republican Italy at multiple scales.https://account.openarchaeologydata.metajnl.com/index.php/up-j-joad/article/view/163motheringinfancyvotive religionancient italyterracotta figurines |
| spellingShingle | Giulia Pedrucci Ricardo Fernandes Carlo Cocozza M/OTHERING: A Database of Terracotta Votive Figurines Representing Adults with Subadults from Ancient Italy Journal of Open Archaeology Data mothering infancy votive religion ancient italy terracotta figurines |
| title | M/OTHERING: A Database of Terracotta Votive Figurines Representing Adults with Subadults from Ancient Italy |
| title_full | M/OTHERING: A Database of Terracotta Votive Figurines Representing Adults with Subadults from Ancient Italy |
| title_fullStr | M/OTHERING: A Database of Terracotta Votive Figurines Representing Adults with Subadults from Ancient Italy |
| title_full_unstemmed | M/OTHERING: A Database of Terracotta Votive Figurines Representing Adults with Subadults from Ancient Italy |
| title_short | M/OTHERING: A Database of Terracotta Votive Figurines Representing Adults with Subadults from Ancient Italy |
| title_sort | m othering a database of terracotta votive figurines representing adults with subadults from ancient italy |
| topic | mothering infancy votive religion ancient italy terracotta figurines |
| url | https://account.openarchaeologydata.metajnl.com/index.php/up-j-joad/article/view/163 |
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