Mezine
Mezine is a place in the Ukraine having the most artifacts from the Paleolithic culture.[1][2][3][4] The epigravettian[5] site is located on a bank of the Desna river.[6] The settlement is best known for an archaeological small find of a set of bracelets, engraved with marks considered as being possibly calendar lunar-cycles.[7] Near to Mezine was found the earliest known example of a swastika-like form, as part of a decorative object, found on an artifact dated to 10,000 BCE. Described (see references for illustrations) as an object carved of the ivory tusks of Mammuthus to resemble[8] an :
| “ | Ice age Bird ... with Inscribed Swastikas[9] | ” |
The bird figure (bird) is understood as an inherently shamanistic animal, such as being the expression of the soul or of the spirit experienced in flight (from death).[10]
Second site
At a site Mezin 22 was found a shelter constructed from the bones and skin also of mammoth[11]
References
- ^ Harald Haarmann Foundations of culture: knowledge-construction, belief systems and worldview in their dynamic interplay 311 pages Peter Lang, 2007 ISBN 3631566859 [Retrieved 2012-01-05]
- ^ ZA Abramova, G.V.Gregorieva, G.I.Zaitseva - 2006 The Age of Upper Paleolithic Sites in the Middle DNeiper Basin of Eastern Europe Institute for the History of Material Culture, The Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, Dvortsavaya Nab 18 191186 Russia email:ganna@mail.wplus.net RADIOCARBON Vol.43, Nr 2B, 2001, p.1077-1084 Proceedings of the 17th International 14C Conference edited by I Carmi and E Boaretto © 2001 by the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona [Retrieved 2012-01-05]
- ^ Miles Crawford Burkitt Prehistory: a study of early cultures in Europe and the Mediterranean basin 438 pages Select Bibliographies Reprint Ayer Publishing, 1925 ISBN 0-8369-5972-8 [Retrieved 2012-01-05]
- ^ flore18_3 [1] [Retrieved 2012-01-05]
- ^ Martina LÁZNIČKOVÁ-GALETOVÁ (September 2010) Technological apsects of the engraving in mammoth's ivory Mezin ( Ukraine) - IFRAO Congress Retrieved 2012-01-12
- ^ Eugenii Alexandrovich Golomshtok The Old Stone Age in European Russia - 278 pages AMS Press, - 1 Apr 1983 ISBN 0404159273 [Retrieved 2012-01-05]
- ^ The Iryna B. Vavilova and Tetyna G. Artemenko (2009). The ancient cultural framework of astronomy in Ukraine. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 5 , E7 - Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System [2] doi:10.1017/S1743921311003279 [Retrieved 2012-01-05]
- ^ Joseph Campbell 16 May 2002 - The flight of the wild gander: explorations in the mythological dimension : selected essays, 1944-1968 - 192 pages New World Library ISBN 1-57731-210-4 [Retrieved 2012-01-08]
- ^ J.J.White the IIIrd [from earlier research of F.Hancar & (separately) F.K.Volkov,] Midwestern Epigraphic Society 2012-01-08
- ^ Joseph Campbell 1959 MASKS OF GOD: PRIMITIVE MYTHOLOGY p.257-258 LONDON : SECKER AND WARBURG : 1960 Retrieved 2012-01-12 (see also: The Bollingen Foundation)
- ^ Valery Alexeev - Middle Paleolithic (Mousterian) in Eurasia reviewed by Geraldine Reinhardt Harvard University Lectures - 26 June 1991[Retrieved 2012-01-05]
External links
- (Don Hitchcock ed.) - Hitchcock Lane,Armidale NSW 2350, Australia donsmaps [Retrieved 2012-01-05]
