Pásztor Emília (szerk.): Sámánizmus és természethit régen és ma - Bajai dolgozatok 23. (Baja, 2019)

Sergio Poggianella: A szakrális táj. A Dalmeri menedék sámánja

A Sacred Landscape. The Shaman of the Dalmeri Shelter

Fig 1. Simulated reconstruction of the first living phase of the rocksheiter, corresponding to a prevalent use for ritual purposes. © Archive Museo delle Scienze Trent.

1. kép. A sziklamenedék első lakófézisának elképzelt rekonstrukciója. A feltételezés szerint elsődlegesen rituális célokra használták a teret.

remember that as from about 40.000 years ago, the men of the Upper Palaeolithic, as Alain Testart underlines: "had become fully human, they were modern as we are, homo sapiens sapiens, even though there is still controversy as to whether our cousin, homo sapiens nearderthalensis survived in some periods"5. This means that "sapiens sapiens had the same cognitive faculties as ours. He had full access to the symbolic function, as art shows us well enough"6. In our case, the symbolic use of the Dalmeri Shelter painted stones marks the great difference with respect to the utility of other objects. The stratigraphic excavations done by the Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali show not only how natural resources were exploited by Epigravettian hunters and gatherers, but also the fact that the painted stones and their positions point to ritual