A few considerations on some of the ceramic vessels decorated with stylized anthropomorphic representations, from Precucuteni-Tripolye A. area Cover Image

Сосуды со стилизованными антропоморфными изображениями из ареала Прекукутень-Триполье А. Некоторые соображения
A few considerations on some of the ceramic vessels decorated with stylized anthropomorphic representations, from Precucuteni-Tripolye A. area

Author(s): Constantin-Emil Ursu, Constantin Aparaschivei
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Cultural history, History of ideas, Ancient World, History of Religion
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»
Keywords: Precucuteni-Tripolye A; Baia-În Muchie; anthropomorphic representations; symbolism

Summary/Abstract: Following the study of some of the vessels uncovered during the archaeological excavations at Baia-În Muchie (Suceava County, Romania), vessels which, in fact, are similar to others that have been recovered from Precucuteni-Tripolye A area, and which are also decorated with stylised anthropomorphic representations, it can be argued that the spiritual life of those communities was full of significant rituals, which can even be regarded as “myths”. The use of these pots as cult objects is suggested by the way in which their decorum and symbolic elements were organized, but also by their liquid volumes, which are always multiple of 0,5. The approach of symbols in relation to the history of religion, suggests that those communities lived in a world believing in lunar cults, which, in fact, is a common belief in the 4th millennium BC.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 309-330
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Russian