Did shamans always play the drum? Tracking down prehistoric shamanism in Central Asia

Did shamans always play the drum? Tracking down prehistoric shamanism in Central Asia

This paper considers the question of antiquity of shamanism in Central Asia and outlines several lines of enquiry into the issue. It analyses both linguistic and archaeological data with particular emphasis on ancient rock art. In the sphere of rock art studies it focuses on methodological questions...

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Main Author: Andrzej Rozwadowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts) 2012-12-01
Series:Documenta Praehistorica
Subjects:
Central Asia
shamanism
prehistory of shamanism
rock art
Online Access:https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/1825
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spelling doaj-d84970efc3e6497b8ef65f31ab8409de2020-11-24T22:37:21ZengZnanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts)Documenta Praehistorica1408-967X1854-24922012-12-013910.4312/dp.39.201523Did shamans always play the drum? Tracking down prehistoric shamanism in Central AsiaAndrzej Rozwadowski0Institute of Eastern Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University, PoznanThis paper considers the question of antiquity of shamanism in Central Asia and outlines several lines of enquiry into the issue. It analyses both linguistic and archaeological data with particular emphasis on ancient rock art. In the sphere of rock art studies it focuses on methodological questions connected with identifying shamanism in visual arts. It concludes that most convincing traits of shamanic symbolism, which characterizes Central Asian tradition, can be deciphered in the art dated to four thousand years.https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/1825Central Asiashamanismprehistory of shamanismrock art
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Did shamans always play the drum? Tracking down prehistoric shamanism in Central Asia
Documenta Praehistorica
Central Asia
shamanism
prehistory of shamanism
rock art
author_facet Andrzej Rozwadowski
author_sort Andrzej Rozwadowski
title Did shamans always play the drum? Tracking down prehistoric shamanism in Central Asia
title_short Did shamans always play the drum? Tracking down prehistoric shamanism in Central Asia
title_full Did shamans always play the drum? Tracking down prehistoric shamanism in Central Asia
title_fullStr Did shamans always play the drum? Tracking down prehistoric shamanism in Central Asia
title_full_unstemmed Did shamans always play the drum? Tracking down prehistoric shamanism in Central Asia
title_sort did shamans always play the drum? tracking down prehistoric shamanism in central asia
publisher Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts)
series Documenta Praehistorica
issn 1408-967X
1854-2492
publishDate 2012-12-01
description This paper considers the question of antiquity of shamanism in Central Asia and outlines several lines of enquiry into the issue. It analyses both linguistic and archaeological data with particular emphasis on ancient rock art. In the sphere of rock art studies it focuses on methodological questions connected with identifying shamanism in visual arts. It concludes that most convincing traits of shamanic symbolism, which characterizes Central Asian tradition, can be deciphered in the art dated to four thousand years.
topic Central Asia
shamanism
prehistory of shamanism
rock art
url https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/1825
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