Publication details
Upper Pleistocene steppe of North Eurasia: Implication for the shamanic hypothesis.
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| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Rock art in the frame of the cultural heritage of humandkind, XXII Valcamonica symposium. |
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| Field | Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology |
| Keywords | Upper Pleistocene, North Eurasia, shamanism, past landscapes, symbolism, female figurines, mortuary customs |
| Description | This paper addresses the possibility of a long-term persistence of archaic patterns of human behavior in the ethnographic record, and the reliability of the archaeological evidence from the Last Glacial steppes of North Eurasia for the shamanic hypothesis. We investigate the patterns („levels“) of past landscapes, potential evidence of rituals at archaeological sites, artifacts of symbolic meanings (such as female figurines or circular symbols), and mortuary customs. In the future, this evidence should be discussed in an interdisciplinary manner, as a unique and complex system. |