Sanktuarium szamańskie z okresu mezolitu w Bolkowie nad jeziorem Świdwie na Pomorzu

• Authors: Tadeusz Galiński

Title variants

EN

A SHAMANISTIC SANCTUARY FROM THE MESOLITHIC IN BOLKÓW ON THE ŚWIDWIE LAKE IN POMERANIA

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The author discusses a Mesolithic sanctuary discovered in Bolków, dated to about 9350-9050 BP and associated with the oldest Duvensian occupation. It was a place of ceremonial rituals and magic linked with the beliefs of a local hunting community and related to different aspects of the natural environment and the forces of nature governing it. The main structuralelement was a structure of pinewood poles, 1.20 m high, a cluster of stones and an arrangementof sharpened yew points stuck into the ground, resembling the shape of the Big Dipper constellation. Offering deposits and numerous objects, some directly linked to ritual practices, accompanied these elements.

Keywords

EN

Preboreal; Mesolithic; Poland; Bolków; beliefs; rites; sanctuary; wooden structures; yew points; offering deposits

• Publisher: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Archeologia Polski
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 60
• Pages: 93-121

Contributors

author

Tadeusz Galiński

• Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii PAN, ul. Kuśnierska 12/12A, 70-536 Szczecin