Ritual practices in the Neolithic and Eneolithic in Slovakia

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Ritual practices in the Neolithic and Eneolithic in Slovakia

TÓTH, Peter

Basic information

Original name

Ritual practices in the Neolithic and Eneolithic in Slovakia

Authors

TÓTH, Peter (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Baja, Shamanism and nature worship : Past and present, p. 13-57, 45 pp. Bajai dolgozatok 23, 2019

Publisher

István Türr Museum

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Chapter(s) of a specialized book

Field of Study

60102 Archaeology

Country of publisher

Hungary

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/19:00111156

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-615-80206-7-1

Keywords in English

Neolithic; Eneolithic; Slovakia; spiritual world; ritual find; sacred belief

Abstract

In the original language

Cult practices go through almost all aspects and activities of human life in Prehistory. Therefore it is almost impossible to separate everyday life from ritual practices. Nearly all artifacts preserved up-today are in some way connected with spiritual belief. The terms ‘ritual find’ and ‘sacred belief’ (and their derivatives) will be used to characterize artifacts and phenomena, which are unique or unusual and probably fell outside everyday life, as well as finds related to Prehistoric art (Kalicz – Raczky 1987, 22). Changing climate conditions after the last ice age slowly paved the way for new subsistence strategies in the Neolithic – agriculture. However, these significant changes were preceded by the most fundamental one. It was the radical change of thinking, which enabled the spread of a new ideology that connected Central Europe with the Balkans and further with the Near East. In the center of sacred belief was fertility, regular rhythm of natural cycles and an infinite alteration of life and death closely connected with it. Ritual practices changed in the Eneolithic. This transformation reflected new situation in society and economy, in which man becomes a central element. Maternity cults are gradually pushed into the background as new components emerge (Podborský 2006, 201; Neustupný 2008, 11). Individual examples of ritual practices were chosen in order to illustrate a very diverse and manifold belief system of a man 7 500–4 300 years ago (fig. 1). Since most of finds and find circumstances with possible ritual context are known from settlements, the presented text will mainly focus on this aspect of human activities.

Links

MUNI/A/0930/2018, interní kód MU

Name: Archeologické terénní prospekce, exkavace, dokumentace a muzejní prezentace VIII

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Cite

TÓTH, Peter. Ritual practices in the Neolithic and Eneolithic in Slovakia. In Pásztor, Emília. Shamanism and nature worship : Past and present. Baja: István Türr Museum, 2019, p. 13-57. Bajai dolgozatok 23. ISBN 978-615-80206-7-1.

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TÓTH, Peter. Ritual practices in the Neolithic and Eneolithic in Slovakia. In Pásztor, Emília. \textit{Shamanism and nature worship : Past and present}. Baja: István Türr Museum, 2019, p.~13-57. Bajai dolgozatok 23. ISBN~978-615-80206-7-1.

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