Representations and Communications by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
ISBN: 1165961
Publisher: Oxbow Books, Limited
Published: 2010-03-31T00:00:00+00:00

These methodological steps also formed the basis for the comparative analysis of the “Sun deer”, which was investigated in an earlier article of this volume. More specifically, we present an example of applying this methodology, in which questions of content and context involve the use of elements of language and culture.

Hypothesis

We base this work on the formal similarity seen between two figures seen in places as distant as Valcamonica (Italy) and Bohuslän (Sweden) as shown below (Figure 5.1):

There are two similarities between the image from Camunna and Åby: on the one hand, there is the particular position of the phallus, half-way down the leg, and on the other, we know that razors like the one carried by the figure from Italy are decorated in the culture of Vilanova with swastikas (Farina 1998), while the image from Åby is related to a shape similar to a swastika. Focusing on the first detail, is this due to a mistake made during its creation, or just chance, should we attach importance to a detail that does not have it, or on the contrary, is it the result of a precise intention by the sculptor? We will concentrate our attention on a more precise region.

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