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Amerindian Cosmologies and European Prehistoric Cave Art: Reasons for and Usefulness of a Comparison
Arts 2014, 3, 1- 14; doi:10.3390/arts3010001 OPEN ACCESS arts ISSN 2076-0752 www.mdpi.com/journal/arts Article Amerindian Cosmologies and European Prehistoric Cave Art: Reasons for and Usefulness of a Comparison Enrico Comba Università degli Studi di Torino, Dipartimento Culture, Politica e Società, Lungo Dora Siena, 100, Torino 10153, Italy; E-Mail: [email protected]; Tel.: +39-011-670-4805. Received: 28 October 2013; in revised form: 2 December 2013 / Accepted: 17 December 2013 / Published: 27 December 2013 Abstract: Several anthropological studies conducted in recent years among different Native American cultures have revealed a series of common features in ontological premises and cosmological frameworks. These features seem to be shared by most of the Native peoples in both North and South America. They include: a system of relationships between humans and non-human beings based on an ontology “of persons” as contrasted to the ontology “of things” typical of the Western attitude towards Nature; a structure of the cosmos made by superposed layers, which express the idea of a reality represented as comprising hidden dimensions and invisible domains; and the key role played by ecstatic practitioners in establishing relationships with and acquiring knowledge from these multiple dimensions of the universe. Here, the idea is suggested that these elements could be profitably utilized to interpret the meaning of Paleolithic cave art, not simply implying a series of typological likenesses, but suggesting the possibility of historic (pre-historic) links. It should be remembered that the main settlement of the Americas occurred in a period (from 30,000–20,000 years B.P.) which is contemporaneous with the creation of the masterworks in the caves of France and Spain. -
Palaeolithic Continental Europe
World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: A Characterization edited by Dan Hicks and Alice Stevenson, Archaeopress 2013, page 216-239 10 Palaeolithic Continental Europe Alison Roberts 10.1 Introduction The collection of Palaeolithic material from Continental Europe in the Pitt Rivers Museum (PRM) is almost of equivalent size to the collection from the British Isles (see Chapter 9), but is not nearly as well known or as well published. It consists mainly of material from France that seems to have been an under-acknowledged highlight of the PRM archaeological collections for most of the 20th century. Despite the obvious care with which French Palaeolithic material was acquired by the museum, especially during the curatorship of Henry Balfour, the collection has mainly been used for teaching and display, rather than as a research resource. Due to the historic lack of work on the collection so far, this chapter presents a preliminary overview, to orient and inform future research, rather than a full account of the collections. The exact numbers of Palaeolithic objects from Europe are difficult to state with certainty due to factors such as unquantified batch registration of groups of objects in the past, and missing or incorrect cultural attributions in the documentation. However, it is estimated that there are c. 3,760 Palaeolithic objects from continental Europe in the PRM, c. 534 of which are from the founding collection of the PRM (PRMFC)(1). The majority of the material comprises c. 3,585 objects from France (Figure 10.1), with smaller collections from Belgium (c. 63 objects), Italy (c. -
Cost Units to Understand Flint Procurement Strategies During The
Stones in Motion: Cost units to understand flint procurement strategies during the Upper Palaeolithic in the south-western Pyrenees using GIS Alejandro Prieto, Maite García-Rojas, Aitor Sánchez, Aitor Calvo, Eder Domínguez-Ballesteros, Javier Ordoño, Maite Iris García-Collado Department of Geography, Prehistory and Archaeology. Faculty of Arts, University of the Basque Country. Tomás y Valiente Street N/N, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. Email: Prieto: [email protected]; García-Rojas: [email protected]; Sánchez: [email protected]; Calvo: [email protected]; Domínguez-Ballesteros: [email protected]; Ordoño: [email protected]; García-Collado: [email protected] Abstract: Studies on lithic resource management –mainly flint– by prehistoric groups south of the western Pyrenees have significantly increased during the past decades. These studies usually focus on identifying outcrops and characterising the different varieties found at archaeological sites. However, the understanding of mobility and territorial management patterns based on raw materials is still very limited and has only been tackled in terms of lineal distance. This paper proposes a methodological approach for the territorial analysis of flint distribution with the three following aims: 1) to determine the expansion ranges of each variety of flint from its outcrop; 2) to spatially relate these outcrops with archaeological sites; and 3) to improve our knowledge on the catchment strategies of Upper Palaeolithic groups. The methodological tool chosen to fulfil these objectives is the Geographic Information System (GIS), because it allows to relate spatially the flint outcrops and flint varieties identified at archaeological sites based on: 1) isocost maps showing the cost of expansion for each variety of flint across the territory built on topography; 2) the quantification of the cost of expansion using Cost Units (CU); and 3) the relationship between the percentage of each variety of flint at each archaeological site and the cost of accessing its outcrop. -
IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca Lucca, Italy Measuring Time Histories of Chronology Building in Archaeology Phd Program
IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca Lucca, Italy Measuring Time Histories of chronology building in archaeology PhD Program in Analysis and Management of Cultural Heritage XXX Cycle By Maria Emanuela Oddo 2020 The dissertation of Maria Emanuela Oddo is approved. PhD Program Coordinator: Prof. Emanuele Pellegrini, IMT School for advanced Studies Lucca Advisor: Prof. Maria Luisa Catoni Co-Advisor: Prof. Maurizio Harari The dissertation of Maria Emanuela Oddo has been reviewed by: Prof. Marcello Barbanera, University of Rome La Sapienza Prof. Silvia Paltineri, University of Padova IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca 2020 Contents Acknowledgements vii Vita ix Publications xii Presentations xiv Abstract xvi List of Figures xvii List of Tables xxi 0 Introduction 1 0.1 Archaeological chronologies 1 0.2 Histories of archaeological chronologies 3 0.3 Selection of case studies 5 1 La Grotte de la Verpillière, Germolles (FR) 13 1.1 Grotte de la Verpillière I 13 1.1.1 Charles Méray 15 1.1.2 Gabriel De Mortillet and la question Aurignacienne 23 1.1.3 Henri Breuil 35 1.1.4 Henri Delporte 40 1.1.5 Jean Combier 46 1.1.6 Harald Floss 48 1.1.7 Ten new radiocarbon dates at ORAU 58 1.2 Analyzing the debate 63 1.2.1 Neanderthals and Modern Humans 67 iii 1.2.2 The Aurignacian: unpacking a conceptual unit 76 1.2.3 Split-base points and the nature of ‘index fossils’ 85 1.3 Conclusions 96 2 The Fusco Necropolis, Syracuse (IT) 100 2.1 The Fusco Necropolis. An under-published reference site 118 2.1.1 Luigi Mauceri 119 2.1.2 Francesco Saverio Cavallari 140 -
So Cié Té P R É His T O Ri Q Ue Fr an Çais E
LES SÉANCES DE LA SOCIÉTÉ PRÉHISTORIQUE FRANÇAISE Les Séances de la Société préhistorique française sont organisées deux à trois fois par an. D’une durée d’une ou deux journées, elles portent sur des thèmes variés : bilans régionaux ou nationaux sur les décou- vertes et travaux récents ou synthèses sur une problématique en cours dans un secteur de recherche ou une période en particulier. La Société préhistorique française considère qu’il est de l’intérêt général de permettre un large accès aux articles et ouvrages scientifiques sans en compromettre la qualité ni la liberté académique. La SPF est une association à but non lucratif régie par la loi de 1901 et reconnue d’utilité publique, dont l’un des buts, défi- nis dans ses statuts, est de faciliter la publication des travaux de ses membres. Elle ne cherche pas le profit par une activité commerciale mais doit recevoir une rémunération pour compenser ses coûts de gestion et les coûts de fabrication et de diffusion de ses publications. Conforméméent à ces principes, la Société préhistorique française a décidé de proposer les actes des Séances en téléchargement gratuit sous forme de fichiers au format PDF interactif. Bien qu’en libre accès, ces publications disposent d’un ISBN et font l’objet d’une évaluation scientifique au même titre que nos publication papier périodiques et non périodiques. Par ailleurs, même en ligne, ces publications ont un coût (secrétariat d’édition, mise en page, mise en ligne, gestion du site internet) : vous pouvez aider la SPF à poursuivre ces activités de diffusion scientifique en adhérent à l’association et en vous abonnant au Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française (voir au dos ou sur http://www.prehistoire.org/form/515/736/formu- laire-adhesion-et-ou-abonnement-spf-2014.html). -
UP Male Spiritual Transformation Processes
Two Million Years of Art in Human Evolution AH 224 Paleolithic Art, Spring 2012 James Harrod, Ph.D. Adjunct Instructor in Art History, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine Director, Center for Research on the Origins of Art and Religion originsnet.org (pleistocenecoalition.com) Upper Paleolithic / Later Stone Age Palaeoart Upper (Milky Way Star) World 2 Upper Worlds Life‐Giver Death‐Giver (sky world celestials & star world) (Great Spirit, tutelary spirit) creator beings spirits of the dead dream into being return‐to‐home 2 Middle Worlds landscape, all dormant, incubating (this world & parallel, ghost worlds) life forms pre‐emergence interconnected ‘negative capability’ using sacred power (inverse power) waterhole quicksand 2 Lower Worlds (generativity) (vortex, abyss) (underground world & water world) (spirit animals) Meme #4 Upper Paleolithic / LSA: Mythic III Shamanic, ‘Laurasian’ (M. Witzel) 6 Worlds Shamanism (Soul Journey, Soul Retrieval), Mother‐of‐Animals, Master‐of‐Animals Cave/waters as emergence place; UP(E) arrays of female and male spiritual transformations DIVINATION: UP(E) GEOMETRIC SIGNS Upper Paleolithic (European) Female and Male Spiritual Transformation Processes Upper Paleolithic (European) Grapho‐Semantic Hypothesis James Harrod (2004 online) Upper Paleolithic (European) 6 Male Spiritual Transformation Processes Male Type #1: The Vulnerable Man The Wounded Man AB "Center and cleave to irrupting spirit energies!” “Center inward and return to your core‐seed‐essence, resting on the lap of your life, reconciled, vulnerable -
Exposition Study Classes
TBOO LI W^ \ s Exposition 5tudt Cl/isses. \ A N '^i * Copyright 1892, by Alice C. Woolger. EXPOSITION STUDY CLASSES. HISTORY. LESSON I. 1. Why was the World's Exposition planned? 2. In what respect have such expositions proved beneficial in the past? 3. Three minute talks or papers on the state of the world in r4g2 consid- ered: 1st, politically, 2nd, religiously, 3rd, the people from an industrial stand pomt. 4. What was accomplished in art during the middle ages, and who were its chief patrons: ist, in literature, 2nd^ in painting and sculpture, 3rd, in archi- tecture; what w^as the prevailing style in the architecture of the period, and what fine edifices were built, 4th, what was done for music and drama? How was the drama regarded? 5. Why was there no interest in literature during the middle ages? 6. What became of the arts, and of the poetry and philosophy of ancient civilizations? 7. The names of what authors in English, Spanish, French and German literature of the middle ages are still interesting to the world of letters? 8. What w411 this country do this year to celebrate its discovery. 9. Will Spain distinguish this year by any ceremonies? Authors: Cyclopedias; D'Aubigne's History of the Reformation; Hallam's History of the Middle Ages; Prof. Draper's Intellectual Developement of Europe. Copyright 1892 by Alice C. Woolger. f"— EXPOSITION STUDY CLASSES. HISTORY. LESSON II. 1. Three minute talks, 1st, on Queen Isabella's girlhood, education, and character; 2nd, on Ferdinand and his early education; 3rd, their courtship and marriage; 4th, their relations with Columbus. -
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC CULTURES Cultures
Middle Palaeolithic UNIT 3 UPPER PALAEOLITHIC CULTURES Cultures Contents 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Upper Palaeolithic in Europe 3.3 Epi-Palaeolithic in Europe 3.4 Upper Palaeolithic in India 3.4.1 Stone Tool Industries 3.4.2 Bone Tool Industries 3.4.3 Subsistence Economy 3.4.4 Art 3.5 Summary Suggested Reading Sample Questions Learning Objectives & Once you have studied this unit, you should be able to: Ø understand the salient features of the Upper Palaelithic cultures in the Old World; Ø discuss the sub-cultural phases and regional variants of Upper Palaeolithic cultures in Europe and Southwest Asia; Ø describe the stone, bone and antler tools of the Upper Palaeolithic cultures; and Ø know about the Upper Palaeolithic cultures in India. 3.1 INTRODUCTION The Upper Palaeolithic is the third and last subdivision of the Palaeolithic, and it is characterised by the first great climax of human achievements. Upper Palaeolithic cultures flourished in Europe, Southwest Asia, Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia during the later stages of the Upper Pleistocene, often referred to as Late Pleistocene (Fig. 3.1). Fig.3.1: Map showing important site of Cro-Magnon fossils and Upper Palaeolithic tools 47 in the Old World (after Campbell 1979) Palaeolithic Cultures Very broadly, the age of the Upper Palaeolithic falls between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago. The human species associated with this cultural phase is Anatomically Modern Homo sapiens (AMHS), the extant and the only surviving human species. We belong to this species. Upper Palaeolithic cultures succeed the Middle Palaeolithic Mousterian or other flake tool cultures in different parts of the Old World. -
Prehistory; a Study of Early Cultures in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin
CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY BOUGHT WITH THE INCOME OF THE SAGE ENDOWMENT FUND GIVEN IN 1891 BY HENRY WILLIAMS SAGE Cornell University Library GN775.B95 P8 3 1924 029 918 699 olln Cornell University Library The original of tiiis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924029918699 PREHISTORY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS C. F. CLAY, Manager LONDON : FETTER LANE, E.C. 4 NEW YORK : THE MACMILLAN CO. BOMBAY \ CALCUTTA . MACMILLAN AND CO., Ltd. MADRAS J TORONTO : THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd. TOKYO : MARUZEN-KABUSHIKI-KAISHA ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PREHISTORY A STUDY OF EARLY CULTURES IN EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN BY M. C. BURKITT, M.A., F.G.S. with a short preface by L'Abb£ H. BREUIL PROFESSOR AT THE INSTITUTE OF HUMAN PALAEONTOLOCy, PARIS CAMBRIDGE AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS I 9 2 I PREFACE I TEXT-BOOK on Prehistoric Archaeology is by no means A. an easy thing to write, and the matter is still further complicated to-day by the tremendous rise in the expense of publication, especially if many plates are figured. Again, in a subject such as Prehistory, so closely connected with various branches of written History, Geology, Ethnology, and Later Archaeology, it is very difficult to know when to be ultra-elementary, and when to assume a slight general knowledge of one of these allied subjects. Thus, in the chapters which deal with purely geological problems, a student of Geology wishing to learn something of Prehistory will find some of the most elementary geological ideas ex- plained at length, as all are not geologists. -
May 2019 (Pdf)
http://coloradorockart.org/ May 2019 Volume 10, Issue 5 Inside This Issue 1-3, 12 Upcoming events No May Webinar 2 Contacts 4—5 Field trip announcements, Notes See details of the June La Jara from the Board, PAAC Classes field trip on p. 4 6—12 Rock art blog 12 Newsletter info 13 In passing Upcoming Conferences, Meetings, and Events compiled by Lucy Burris Is there a speaker you'd like to hear next fall? Please pass On-going Through May 26, Longmont Museum. Ansel Adams: Early along your suggestions to Joel Work exhibit. Hurmence! https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/departmen ts-e-m/museum/exhibitions/ansel-adams-early-works Mondays through May 27, 6pm, Southwest Seminars: An- Webinars and Pictures from cient Sites and Stories II Lecture Series, Hotel Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM. $15 at the door. the Past will be on hiatus until https://southwestseminars.org/lectures/ancient-sites-and- September. ancient-stories-ii-2019/ Through September 8, University of Colorado, Museum of Watch the website for summer Natural History (Hensderson), Anthropology Hall, Boulder. Exhibit of works by Master potter Maria Martinez, "Poveka" news. of San Ildefdonso Pueblo, New Mexico. While you are at the museum check out the new "Unearthed: Ancient Life in the Have a great summer! Boulder Valley" stone tool exhibit. May 2019 http://coloradorockart.org/ 1 2018-19 Colorado Rock Chapter Officers and Board President Teresa Weedin Membership Keith Fessenden Vice-President Joel Hurmence Website Joel Hurmence Secretary Betsy Weitkamp Newsletter Lucy Burris Treasurer Randy Tatroe Field Trip Coordinators Anne Whitfield & Betsy Weitkamp Board Members Donna Morgan, Dar- CAS Representative Open win Thompson, Anne Whitfield (1 position open) Education Betsy Weitkamp To contact any of the above, email: [email protected] Upcoming Conferences, Meetings, and Events compiled by Lucy Burris On-going continued Through Dec 15, 2019. -
Francesco D'errico LIST of PUBLICATIONS
Francesco d’Errico Francesco d’Errico LIST OF PUBLICATIONS 1. Monographs Monographs in preparation Backwell, L., d’Errico, F., Kalahari San material culture: Ancestral knowledge shared by elders at Museum Africa. Published Monographs 1) d’Errico, F. 2003. Néandertaliens et hommes anatomiquement modernes : des trajectoires parallèles vers la modernité culturelle. Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches. Bordeaux : Université Bordeaux 1, pp. 186. 2) Bosinki G., d’Errico, F., Schiller P. 2001. Die Gravierten Frauendarstellungen von Gönnersdorf. Der Magdalenien-Fundplatz Gönnersdorf, Band 8. Franz Steiner Verlag GMBH. Stuttgart 364 pp., 233 figs., 197 planches h.t. 3) d’Errico, F. 1995. L'art gravé azilien. De la technique à la signification. XXXIème Supplément à Gallia-Préhistoire. Paris : CNRS Editions, 329 pp. 2. Edited Monographs 1) Henshilwood, Ch. et d’Errico F. (Eds.) 2011. Homo symbolicus: the dawn of language, imagination and spirituality. Amsterdam: Benjamins. 2) d’Errico, F., Hombert J.-M. (Eds.) 2009. Becoming eloquent. Advances on the emergence of language, human cognition, and modern cultures. Amsterdam: Benjamins. 3) d’Errico, F. et L. Backwell (Eds). 2005. From tools to symbols. From Early Hominids to Modern Humans. Johannesburg: Wits University Press. 4) Zilhão J. & d’Errico, F. 2003 (Eds.) The Chronology of the Aurignacian and of the Transitional Technocomplexes. Dating, Stratigraphies, Cultural Implications. Portuguese Institute of Archaeology (IPA) monographs series Trabalhos de Arqueologia. 5) Giacobini G. & d’Errico, F. (Eds.), 1986: I cacciatori neandertaliani, Jaca Book: Milano. 3. Articles in peer reviewed journals (• journals wiht impact factor) • Backwell, L., Bradfield, J., Carlson, K.J., Jashashvili, T., Wadley, L., d’Errico, F. 2017 en révision. -
Defining Magdalenian Cultural Groups in Franco-Cantabria by the Formal Analysis of Portable Artworks
Defining Magdalenian cultural groups in Franco-Cantabria by the formal analysis of portable artworks ∗ Olivia Rivero & Georges Sauvet The motifs, techniques and stylistic features of Upper Palaeolithic art offer enormous Paris potential for the investigation of social and cultural interactions in south-western France and northern Spain during the later stages of the last ice age. The key regions of Aquitaine, Cantabria and the Pyrenees clearly share an overall family resemblance, but detailed analysis of horse heads on portable objects of bone, antler and stone from Magdalenian contexts reveal that particular features can be attributed to different Madrid regions at different periods. Furthermore, the 0 km 500 patterns of interconnection are structured very N differently in the Upper Magdalenian than in the Middle Magdalenian, perhaps as rising temperatures in the latter period led to territorial expansion and social realignment. Keywords: France, Spain, Upper Palaeolithic, Magdalenian, mobiliary art, cave art, stylistic analysis, correspondence factor analysis, ascending hierarchical clustering Supplementary material is published online at http://antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/rivero339 Introduction Style in archaeology may be used in different ways and serve various purposes (Conkey & Hastorf 1990). The pioneers in the study of Palaeolithic art used it as a chronological marker within an evolutionary perspective (Breuil 1952). Leroi-Gourhan (1965) subsequently proposed a chronocultural scheme of four stages, based on the evolution of animal representations using features such as the perspective of horns and hooves, the number of legs by pair and the presence of anatomical details and conventions. In this culture- historical approach, a unique evolution was assumed to take place everywhere and to follow * CREAP “Cartailhac”, TRACES-UMR 5608, Universit´e de Toulouse-le-Mirail, All´ee A.