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Route: Amulets and magic items
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| Artefact's
name: Incised pebble with wolf
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| Chronology: 12000-10000
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| Period: Late
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| The pebbele carved with the figure of the wolf is
probably the masterpiece found in Grotta Polesini (Roma). The
marks the marks that covered this figure are referable to cult
activities finalized to propitiate... |
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| Artefact's
name: Bone pendant with circular
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| Rectangular fragment of a small plate made out of bone,
decorated with several lines of holes. |
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| Artefact's
name: Antropomorphic
weight | |
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| Object
type: Human
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| Oval shape, ellipsoidal base, shaft hole in the upper
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| Artefact's
name:
Pintadera | |
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| Object
type: Human
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| Stylized schematic anthropomorphic figurine in
adoration on an elongated six-angled base. |
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| Artefact's
name: Plate with
incises | |
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| Rounded shape with a cone-like handle at the back side.
At the front side - shallow incised signs. Brown-black surface
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| Artefact's
name: Cult
scene | |
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| Object
type: Human
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| The scene probably is a replica of a real existed
sanctuary. |
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| Artefact's
name:
Standard | |
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| The standard of Heegermühle is a typical sign for the
religion and cult of the Bronze Age. |
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| Artefact's
name: Enigmatic tablets from Polada
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| tablets with impressions. This kind of tablets are
interpreted by most scholars as part of a cult practice.
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| Artefact's
name: Statuette of
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| Object
type: Human
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| From the Early Neolithic village of Favella comes a set
of pottery statuettes with a special emphasis on the sexual
aspects of the motherhood |
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| Artefact's
name: Enigmatic tablets from Polada
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| tablets with impressions. This kind of tablets are
interpreted by most scholars as part of a cult practice.
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| Artefact's
name: Marmotta’s
Venus | |
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type: Human
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| Period: Early Neolithic
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| The so-called Marmotta’s Venus, a female carved stone
figurine, was found by the underwater excavations in the
village. |
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| Artefact's
name: Venus of
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| Object
type: Human
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| Chronology: 18000-10000
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| Period: Late Paleolithic
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| The Savignano’s Venus is the Italian most famous
prehistoric female figurine. |
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| Artefact's
name: Enigmatic tablets from Polada
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| tablets with impressions. This kind of tablets are
interpreted by most scholars as part of a cult practice.
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| Artefact's
name: Human
depiction | |
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| Object
type: Human
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| The sculpture is of oval-cylindrical shape.
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| Object
type:
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| Drums made of clay and leather were be used during the
Walternienburg-Bernburg period as music instruments.
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| Artefact's
name: Anthropomorphic
vessel | |
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| Object
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| Foot vessel in form of a female figure with raised arms
and indicated breasts. |
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| Artefact's
name: Bell
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| The vessel in form of a bell was well conserved.
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| Chronology: 11 - 8 century
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| Rattle in form of a lemon with holes |
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| Artefact's
name: Ring shaped
amulet | |
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| Gold ring-shaped amulet of hammered sheet depicting a
very schematised female figure. |
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| Artefact's
name: Stone anthropomorphic
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| Period: Late Neolithic or
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| Stone anthropomorphic amulet |
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| Artefact's
name: Stone horned
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| Period: Late Neolithic
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| Stone anthropomorphic amulet |
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| Artefact's
name: Bone
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| An old and strange artefact made of bone, with a
conspicuous decor |
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| Artefact's
name: Bison from
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type: Human
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| European bison with straggly neck coat |
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| Artefact's
name: Golden disc from
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| Two golden discs made of gold sheets, sometimes
regarded as stylised symbols of a goddess. |
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| Artefact's
name: Spoon with pictograph from Wetzleinsdorf
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| Incised decoration at the back of a spoon with
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| Artefact's
name: Female figurine from
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| Figurine with incised tattoes |
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| Artefact's
name: Magic tools (Shaman
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| Magic tools from the Late Bronze Age cemetery at
Budapest, Békásmegyer. |
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| Artefact's
name: Statuette of Favella
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| The statuette representing a female figure was
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