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

Jaromir Kovárnik: Az őskori ember hitvilágának tanulmányozása. A sámánizmus kutatása a régészetben

A probe into the spiritual life of prehistoric people, a reflection of shamanism in archaeology

statuette holds a mask in the left hand and a jug (FIG. 15) in the right hand. The head of this statuette is broken (Lazarovici 1990-1991, Fig.4, Kovárník 2004, 172, Fig. 1). The half of the ceramic mask of the Vinca culture in the size of face (FIG. 16) comes from a tell-settlement enclosed with two ditches in Uivar in western Romania (Schier 2008, 60-61, Fig. 8).

Zoomorphic statuettes

Also, the zoomorphic statuettes could also serve the rituals of fertility and fruitfulness of Neolithic farmers.

Anthropomorphic, gynaecomorphic and zoomorphic vessels

Anthropomorphic, zoomorphic, and gynaecomorphic (with the sexual features depicted) hide a great ritual meaning. They were undoubtedly used within the religion of Neolithic farmers. These vessels could be used by the woman shamans / shamans, priestess or priests, respectively. These are archaeological finds of anthropomorphic vessels such as Svodin type in the form of a woman from southern Slovakia (Siska 1980, Fig.17, Pavúk 1981, 42, Némejcová- Pavúková 1998, 23, 35, 38, 65). These female anthropomorphic vessels are clear evidence that the women shamans / priestess were it.

A pot with two (or four) faces or masks from a well-known settlement with a large ditch of an oval ground plan with several gates of Hluboké

Fig. 16. Uivar, western Romania. Right half of the face mask discovered in the remains of the burnt house (by Schier 2008, 60-61, Fig. 8).

16. kép Uivar, nyugat Románia. Agyag álarc jobb fele, melyet egy leégett házban találtak.

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