Cult Objects of the Neolithic Lengyel Culture

Download or read book Cult Objects of the Neolithic Lengyel Culture written by Eszter Bánffy and published by Archaeolingua. This book was released on 1997 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Altarpieces" are artefacts characteristic of the Lengyel and Moravian Painted cultures, extending across central Europe from 4800-4300 BC. Ranging from 4-12 cm high, cubic in shape, with a small depression in the top, these clay objects have puzzled archaeologists. After cataloguing the published finds under a new typological system, the author examines the surroundings of those examples found in closed contexts in order to work her way towards an understanding of their function. She examines their relationship to identical shapes in the Bronze Age of south eastern Europe and their temporal variation in the process.