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The paper studies a Neolithic zoomorphic clay head from the Vasilika area, Central Macedonia, in the Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum. The figure, apparently a wild animal or a hybrid, is exceptional from several points of view such as its important dimensions, the choice of the represented subject, and the fact that it probably had belonged to a complex structure. Various aspects of the artefact are considered: its size, particular morphological features, iconographic characteristics, potential practical functions, as well as the identification and probability of likely originals. Different approaches for interpretation are also attempted. Possible parallels are examined from the Near East and the Balkans.
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