tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post4536100290337232003..comments2024-03-28T06:30:58.474-07:00Comments on Old European culture: Palaeolithic Venus figurinesoldeuropeanculturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880222013739472782noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-67546929443795173512023-01-08T00:04:22.220-08:002023-01-08T00:04:22.220-08:00??????Old European Culturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04958126874889654661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-21281566534407342562023-01-07T20:38:21.523-08:002023-01-07T20:38:21.523-08:00F2fF2fAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-60340132452304873232020-12-21T05:20:31.973-08:002020-12-21T05:20:31.973-08:00The Hohle Fels symbolic figurine is a very fine an...The Hohle Fels symbolic figurine is a very fine and complex work of art with a hidden symbolic meaning. The symbolic meaning of this work of art was culturally learnt by its early AMH group. <br />It is quite meaningless looking at this figurine and placing our own modern day interpretations of what we think it means.<br />What interests me is there must be evidence out there somewhere of symbolic chronology relating to it. I find it extremely hard to believe that this was the first prototype of symbolic thought and production. Its a bit like the Wright Brothers thinking of aeronautics in their shed and then wheeling out a Boeing 747 straight off.<br />I am leaning towards a tradition that was already in existence and being practiced and that the Hohle Fels figurine is a Modern Human or Modern Hybrid interpretation of what was already a fully formed practice. DNA might not be the only thing we inherited from Neanderthals. It could be AMH plagiarism? perhaps were are not as smart as we believe ourselves to be.John Darvillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02042411023091437943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-65843330273296661762020-01-05T13:46:46.433-08:002020-01-05T13:46:46.433-08:00Andrew, the first thing that comes to mind is Pach...Andrew, the first thing that comes to mind is Pachamama, the pre-Columbian fertility goddess of the Andes. Some figurines exist, albeit not as buxom and curved as those in Europe. Also, I guess that Pachamama as a deity is much,much younger. Still, worth a mention.<br />https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2086/1263/products/si0288-bi-01.jpg?v=1514991010<br />https://66.media.tumblr.com/d26d7abcc919ca7c46b36b4e9bf23246/tumblr_npgc6zj8Rf1sfkq0go1_400.pngAlexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-15523221916739132872020-01-02T12:50:42.705-08:002020-01-02T12:50:42.705-08:00I've never found a definitive answer to the qu...I've never found a definitive answer to the question of whether there have been any similar Venus figurines found in the Pre-Columbian New World (or for that matter, any clearly independent of a West Eurasian context). I'd welcome any leads.andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172964121659914379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-29842454721212305062020-01-01T04:46:40.239-08:002020-01-01T04:46:40.239-08:00Hvala AlexHvala Alexoldeuropeanculturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07880222013739472782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-54618043251210901072019-12-31T15:09:57.338-08:002019-12-31T15:09:57.338-08:00I read this with great interest. My favorite Art H...I read this with great interest. My favorite Art History professor got me excited about paleolithic art. In 1970 I was able to visit several sites in the area around Les Eyzies de Tayac, France, - Combarelles, Font du Gaume and Peche Merle. Unfortunately, Lascaux was closed to visitors, but with good reason. I remember reading The Golden Bough, particularly parts pertaining to shamanist rituals. Thank you for taking me back in time. The article was informative and fun, except now I'm a fat (and not happy) Willendorf body double! Susan Hermanson Shriverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10881130588779870155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-51979518736187319342019-12-31T11:03:30.701-08:002019-12-31T11:03:30.701-08:00Where can we read your articles Alex?Where can we read your articles Alex?Inutilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102384124193618437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-70534907411035526162019-12-31T10:38:31.335-08:002019-12-31T10:38:31.335-08:00No worries, my bad. Either way, this is the 17,000...No worries, my bad. Either way, this is the 17,000 Paleolithic cave painting that I mentioned: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicholas_Humphrey/publication/233641010/figure/fig11/AS:669986813120522@1536748712329/Painted-bison-and-human-figure-Lascaux-Dordogne-probably.ppm<br />Worth your attention. Funny how much the figure reminds of the Egyptian deity Thoth.Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-68315784311020395412019-12-31T09:34:12.133-08:002019-12-31T09:34:12.133-08:00Sorry Alex, I am not sure what article you are ref...Sorry Alex, I am not sure what article you are referring to. This post is a reply to a tweet I saw few months ago. It is an expansion on a tweet thread I wrote at the time...oldeuropeanculturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07880222013739472782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-43400895194170088352019-12-31T04:01:56.180-08:002019-12-31T04:01:56.180-08:00Also, in an upcoming article I wrote, I focused on...Also, in an upcoming article I wrote, I focused on a 17,000 year old Magdalenian (upper Palaeolithic) cave painting from Lascaux cave in France, depicting a fallen (dead) hunter who is painted with a head of a bird and having a bird totem beside him. There is a possibility it portrays some ancient belief that souls migrated to birds - the same thing that Slavs believed...worth thinking about...Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-72534935549846923682019-12-31T03:54:02.431-08:002019-12-31T03:54:02.431-08:00Glad to see you've read my article on Ancient ...Glad to see you've read my article on Ancient Origins. Keep an eye out, another interesting Paleolithic article coming up, you're bound to find inspiration in it.Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-7578398951895286202019-12-30T15:19:23.923-08:002019-12-30T15:19:23.923-08:00Well...There is one faceless woman that we know of...Well...There is one faceless woman that we know of and we know exactly what she symbolises. I will write about her soon...oldeuropeanculturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07880222013739472782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-60957481541815337462019-12-30T14:43:04.657-08:002019-12-30T14:43:04.657-08:00It is amazing that people in distant places and wi...It is amazing that people in distant places and with a difference of many thousands of years had the same kind of symbolism. It means that they had similar cultural references.<br />And this symbols (faceless fat women) means absolutely nothing now, so we probably cannot really understand it.Inutilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102384124193618437noreply@blogger.com