Word: antler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Funeral ornaments dating back to the Old Silla dynasty (5th-6th century A.D.) display a barbaric splendor never before found in East Asia. Discovered amidst a stash of weapons and earthenware, a crown glitters with spangles of gold and jade that adorn its antler-like shafts. This animal symbolism, some historians believe, attests to the shamanistic beliefs of the early Koreans and suggests that they had more in common with the nomadic horsemen of the Siberian steppes than with their Chinese neighbors...
Marriage and/or Career: Lucy Sprague Mitchell and the Dilemma of Educated Women, Joyce Antler. Radcliffe Institute research associate, Agassiz colloquium room...