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 30-31). Another statue, of unknown gender, again of prismatic shape, comes from an upland settlement in Vel'ká Lomnica. The face is only schematically depicted; vertical lines portray hair in the back side of the figurine. Probably feet is indicated in the lower part of the idol (Novotná - Soják 2013,145). Vessels with human representation Pottery with the representation of a human body or its part on a vessel most likely belonged to a basic ritual inventory. Two types of human representations can be distinguished on pottery. First of all, it can be mentioned pottery which resembles a human body in considerable detail. The second category consists of vessels on which is depicted only one typical feature of the human body while the shape of the vessel is unchanged. This kind of pottery was not designed for everyday use, but only during certain occasions. These could be ritual ceremonies which should have provided such as plenty of water (to cause rainfall), harvest, security, protection (Pavúk 1981, 35-47). Fig. 7. Flat idol depicting a woman from Zeliezovce, dated to the Baden culture (after Farkas 2009, obr. 4). 7. kép. Nőt ábrázoló lapos idol Zselizből. Baden kultúra (Farkas 2009, obr. 4 nyomán). 22 //////////////////////^^^^
