ABOUT FIGURINES EN VIOLON WITHIN CIVILISATION GUMELNITA-KARANOVO VI (Figurki w ksztalcie skrzypiec w kulturze Gumelnita-Karanovo VI)

• Authors: Voinea Valentina
• Languages of publication: EN PL

Abstracts

EN

The authoress says with certainty that figurines en violon in bone represent the schematized humane silhouette, just as the prismatic figurines in bone or those with evident anatomic details (type III). It is not a coincidence that they were found together, being used at the same religious rituals. The instrument accompanying them in symbolic graves (pot, presser, and silex knife), the central position in this group, they all suggest a scenario in which the ritual took place around the central figurine: the idol en violon. One can note the organization of figurines group in the south part of the grave, proof of a well defined ritual. Thus, the hypothesis of them as being used as garment applications is not grounded by any plastic representation or by a funerary context. Their association with 'bucranium' both in settlements (Gumelnita) and in a funerary context, as well as their presence in symbolic graves with sceptres may suggest a representation of a male divinity. From chronological point of view, idols en violon in bone may represent a chronological benchmark, the copying of the same form and dimensions being possible only for a short time (Gumelnita A2 and B1, Varna III, Cernavoda I).

Keywords

EN

BALKAN; COPPER AGE; FIGURINES EN VIOLON; GUMELNITA-KARANOVO VI CULTURE

Discipline

• ARCHAEOLOGY: ARCHAEOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sprawozdania Archeologiczne
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 60
• Pages: 73-101
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Voinea Valentina

• Valentina Voinea, Museum of National History and Archaeology, Piata Ovidiu 12, 900745 Constanta, Romania

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA05843