On the Interpretation of ‘Sun-Ray Head’ Figures

Autor: Shvets, Irina
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
DOI: 10.11588/ao.2018.0.10620
Popis: This paper is about the ‘sun-ray head’ figures in the rock art of Central Asia that can be evidence for a specific form of prehistoric religion—shamanism. The latest discoveries of rock art sites in Central Asia have a considerable impact on the interpretation of some of the ‘sun-ray head’ figures as shamanic and the associated rock art scenes as illustrating shamanic rituals. [...]
Art of the Orient, Bd. 7 (2018): Art of the Orient
Databáze: OpenAIRE