Pigeon-Raven and sperm whale, magical objects and domestic horned. The division of the world during the early neo-Neolithic in Western France
We are going to demonstrate that it is possible to invest an Armorican stele of the 5th millennium with an order of meanings in the same way as a language or a kinship system; in other words, a set of operations destined to ensure, between individuals and groups, a certain type of communication. But...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:42aa2839c313487b9d0963db6825be02 2023-05-15T18:26:47+02:00 Pigeon-Raven and sperm whale, magical objects and domestic horned. The division of the world during the early neo-Neolithic in Western France Serge Cassen 2005-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.32.15 https://doaj.org/article/42aa2839c313487b9d0963db6825be02 EN eng University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/2171 https://doaj.org/toc/1408-967X https://doaj.org/toc/1854-2492 doi:10.4312/dp.32.15 1408-967X 1854-2492 https://doaj.org/article/42aa2839c313487b9d0963db6825be02 Documenta Praehistorica, Vol 32 (2005) Stele Brittany carvings early Neolithic Archaeology CC1-960 article 2005 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.32.15 2023-01-22T01:37:48Z We are going to demonstrate that it is possible to invest an Armorican stele of the 5th millennium with an order of meanings in the same way as a language or a kinship system; in other words, a set of operations destined to ensure, between individuals and groups, a certain type of communication. But such demands necessitate modifying established patterns, because none agree on the idea that we have conceived of a peaceful passage to agriculture and animal husbandry on the Atlantic façade of Europe. Each fundamental sign on these standing stones will here be reconsidered, and their ‘syntax’ analysed. However, we have no innocence about the subject: as soon as we display the strange desire to question these engravings, we ‘participate’ in an analogical spell attributed to a distant image, we fall as well into those exegetic attempts which pretend to obey to a cultural project wherein it appears they interpret the symbolism but that, finally, tend to renew it, because any key to symbols is part of their symbolism. And even in an oneiric or fairy world, power does not derive from gratuitousness, but from coherence. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sperm whale Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Documenta Praehistorica 32 197 204 |
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We are going to demonstrate that it is possible to invest an Armorican stele of the 5th millennium with an order of meanings in the same way as a language or a kinship system; in other words, a set of operations destined to ensure, between individuals and groups, a certain type of communication. But such demands necessitate modifying established patterns, because none agree on the idea that we have conceived of a peaceful passage to agriculture and animal husbandry on the Atlantic façade of Europe. Each fundamental sign on these standing stones will here be reconsidered, and their ‘syntax’ analysed. However, we have no innocence about the subject: as soon as we display the strange desire to question these engravings, we ‘participate’ in an analogical spell attributed to a distant image, we fall as well into those exegetic attempts which pretend to obey to a cultural project wherein it appears they interpret the symbolism but that, finally, tend to renew it, because any key to symbols is part of their symbolism. And even in an oneiric or fairy world, power does not derive from gratuitousness, but from coherence. |
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Pigeon-Raven and sperm whale, magical objects and domestic horned. The division of the world during the early neo-Neolithic in Western France |
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