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Lisboa, Sept. 4 – 9, 2006WS 34 – Symbolism in Rock Art
Faceless anthropomorphic symbols:The Shift From Men To Gods
Léo DUBAL, PhDvirtual laboratory for archaeometry (FRANCE)
Abstract:Until Neolithic Era, faceless anthropomorphic symbols seem to refer to human, and faced or masked figures to refer to gods. Later, with the emergence of individuality,the situation is reversed…..Gods lose their face while Human win one.
"Seducir o dar miedo" fue la estrategia del homo sapiens para sobrevivir, en su doble confrontación con sus aliados y con el mundo animal.
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27’000 BPearly human face representation
Airvaux / DRAC Poitou-Charente / 2006
Dolni Vestonice
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Social role : masked protectors ?
30’000 BP
Hohle Fels (2002)Höhlenstein-Stadel(1939)mammoth ivory / height: 28 cm
♀ ?
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25’000 BPThe Venus of Willendorf
Social role : faceless…nurturers
7’000 BPThe Great Mother
of Bracciano (2003)
25’000 BPThe Gravettian Ladies of Cussac & Pech Merle
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Social role : mute icons
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Toro MuertoA. Núñez Jiménez
La Gardette (France)
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Stantari Corte Tihuanaco
Cernavoda
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Tafi del ValleLepenski Vir
Emergence of spoken language ?
Helanshan
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Boa Is.
Tafi del Valle
J A N U S« bi-face » ½ god ½ man
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egypto-lybian faceless gods
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NOA
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NOA
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Akhenaten……proto-patriach ca. -1335
aten
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Assyrian King Tukulti-Ninurta I (1244-1208 BCE)
The1st cartoon, ca. 1230 BCE presenting:
themask of the invisibility
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Tanit: Faceless Goddess
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Long life homo individualis….