Stacey Dean

Self-taught scholar with a background in ancient Near Eastern languages from Oxford. Specializes in the iconographic analysis of T-shaped pillar reliefs, cross-referencing motifs with later Neolithic petroglyphs. Maintains a digital database of over 500 carved elements. Motivated by the oversimplification of pillar iconography. Writes to detail the specific symbolic grammar of animal depictions and abstract signs, arguing for a localized visual language rather than universal myths.