Na tropie szamanizmu w paleolicie – na przykładzie jaskiń Cougnac i Pech-Merle .

• Authors: Michał Górzyński

Title variants

EN

On the trail of shamanism in the Paleolithic – on the example of Cougnac and Pech-Merle caves

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

The author of this thesis searches for traces of shamanism in paleolithic period through identification of signs and anthropomorphic resemblances that can have a connection with different stages of trance and shamanistic visions. For this article, Pech-Merle and Cougnac cave were chosen. Chronological range in this paper covers a period when Gravettian and Magdalenian cultures functioned. In order to carry out the above assumptions, the author used the results of structuralist research- search- ing for deep meaning and symbols, neuropsychological research – influence of altered states of con- sciousness on human and role of rites in simple societies, ethnographic research- different types of shamanic vocation and visions of shamanistic cosmology as well as interpretation of paintings and engravings based on the above mentioned scientific instruments. In the conclusion, the author shows that magical and religious practices similar to shamanism could function in paleolithic hunter-gatherer societies.

EN

The author of this thesis searches for traces of shamanism in paleolithic period through identification of signs and anthropomorphic resemblances that can have a connection with different stages of trance and shamanistic visions. For this article, Pech-Merle and Cougnac cave were chosen. Chronological range in this paper covers a period when Gravettian and Magdalenian cultures functioned. In order to carry out the above assumptions, the author used the results of structuralist research- search- ing for deep meaning and symbols, neuropsychological research – influence of altered states of con- sciousness on human and role of rites in simple societies, ethnographic research- different types of shamanic vocation and visions of shamanistic cosmology as well as interpretation of paintings and engravings based on the above mentioned scientific instruments. In the conclusion, the author shows that magical and religious practices similar to shamanism could function in paleolithic hunter-gatherer societies.

Keywords

PL

Paleolithic cave art; shamanism; hunter-gatherer societies

EN

Paleolithic cave art; shamanism; hunter-gatherer societies; Paleolithic cave art; shamanism; hunter-gatherer societies

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Folia Praehistorica Posnaniensia
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 23
• Pages: 81-103

Dates

published

2019-09-16

Contributors

author

Michał Górzyński

• Instytut Archeologii, Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza ul. Umultowska 89D, 61-614 Poznań

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/fpp.2018.23.05