Pásztor Emília (szerk.): Sámánizmus és természethit régen és ma - Bajai dolgozatok 23. (Baja, 2019)
Peter Toth: Rituális tevékenység Szlovákiában a neolitikum és rézkor idején
Ritual practices in the Neolithic and Eneolithic in Slovakia Caves Besides settlements, human activities can be traced in caves. Pottery found here is fragmented and has a different character than in regular settlements. It suggests different usage of caves during exceptional events. Shamans could occasionally visit these hidden places under the surface. They performed activities there, which should have been hidden from the regular sight. Cracks in the ground and caves could be considered not only symbolic but real entrances to the underground and as such they could be sacralized (Pavlú - Zápotocká 2007, 61). An extraordinary find was discovered in Domica cave (fig. 30) in the sidecavity of the saint hall (approx. 300 m from the cave entrance). Three paintings made of charcoal were found on a cave wall 64-72 cm above the layer of the Bükk Culture16 (Lichardus 1974, 54-55). A remarkable ensemble of finds was discovered in Liskovská cave and is dated to the Epilengyel. Approximately 62 m from the cave entrance was found a collective burial consisting of bones of at least sixteen individuals (six children, ten adult, and mature individuals). This bone-group was secondarily redeposited together with pottery fragments and copper ornaments. After that, this cave corridor was separated by the rock barrier from other parts of the cave17 (Struhár 1999; Struhár - Soják 2009; Struhár - Soják - Kucerová 2010). Fig. 30. Domica cave with paintings (and their details) on its wall, dated to the Bükk culture (after Lichardus 1974, Abb. 13-14, Taf. 20). 30. kép. A Domica barlang falfestményei (és részletei), Bükk kultúra (Lichardus 1974, Abb. 13-14, Taf. 20). 44 ////////////////////////^^^^^
