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Peter Toth: Rituális tevékenység Szlovákiában a neolitikum és rézkor idején

Ritual practices in the Neolithic and Eneolithic in Slovakia

bull (Balasa I960, 26). It might be possible that animal vessels played a specific role in ceremonial sphere or cult of the dead (such as containers for offerings to natural forces, deities, an item of protection of people, harvest; Podborskÿ 1982, 57-59).

Small animal figurines are known from fortified settlements of the Baden culture and Postbaden cultural complex (i.e., Lieskovec, Vel’ká Lomnica; fig. 17). They depict mostly domestic animals (cattle, sheep, pig, horse, dog) and prevailingly females, less frequently game (bear, boar; Podborskÿ 2006, 207; Novotná - Soják 2013,129). They are almost always damaged (probably intentionally), which might indicate certain ritual activities. Some researchers suggested a hypothesis, they might have been substitutes for living

Fig. 14. A depiction of a snake on the interior of a bowl from Dvory nad Zitavou dated to the Zeliezovce group (after Pavúk 1964, Abb. 5).

Fig. 15. Vessel with bird heads from Pohronskÿ Ruskov, dated to the Epilengyel (after Paulik 1980, obr. 75).

14. kép. Tál belsejét díszítő kígyó ábrázolás, Dvory nad Zitavou, Zseliz csoport (Pavúk 1964, Abb. 5).

15. kép. Madárfejjel díszített edény, Pohronskÿ Ruskov. Epilengyel időszak (Paulík 1980, obr. 75)..

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