Pásztor Emília (szerk.): A fény régészete. A természetes fény szerepe az őskori ember életében - Bajai dolgozatok 20. (Baja, 2017)
Pásztor Emília: A bronzkori fényszimbolizmus
Bronze age tight symbolism water drops often turn into ice crystals. The sun, moon-, and starlight entering the atmosphere interact in a million ways with air molecules, floating water drops, ice crystals and dust. The incoming light is bent, refracted, reflected, scattered and absorbed creating numerous dazzling celestial phenomena. Most spectacular phenomenon occurs when close to the horizon or the air is filled with ice crystals of certain shape and position. Therefore, atmospheric phenomena can be observed more frequently in winter or at high-lying areas or higher latitudes. A crown/halo means the colourful, concentric rings around the Sun and the Moon which appear when light goes through a thin layer of cloud. Symbols of concentric circles are characteristic elements of European prehistoric rock drawings. Particularly many of them can be found near the English village of Kilmartin, the Scottish shores of Mid Argylls (Butter 1999, Pásztor - Roslund 2003) and on the mountain pass near the town of Sils, deep in the Swiss Alps (Diethelm -Diethelm 2000). Concentric circles can be found on European prehistoric artifacts and many unique A hasfalvi korong (Soproni Múzeum). The Hasfalva drum. Bronze Age golden vessels (like the so-called Berlin, Schifferstad, Avanton and Ezelsdorf gold conical ) were decorated with them as well (Pásztor 2017). It is also a well-known motif of the Carpathian Prehistoric decorative arts. A large clay disc found at a Late Bronze Age settlement at Sághegy is fully decorated with contentric circles arranged in two groups (Pásztor 2015). Figure 4 Multiple items can be found among the Bronze Age artifacts dating back to BC 17-15. Centuries that feature a certain type of symbol. The best 129
