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  2. Kurgan stelae - Wikipedia

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    A Hakkari stele: An armed warrior man wearing a cap (1500-1000 BCE) Bronze Age anthropomorphic funerary stelae have been found in Saudi Arabia. There are similarities to the Kurgan type in the handling of the slab-like body with incised detail, though the treatment of the head is rather more realistic. [15]

  3. Stele - Wikipedia

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    A stele (/ ˈ s t iː l i / STEE-lee), from Greek στήλη, stēlē, plural στήλαι stēlai, [Note 1] is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected in the ancient world as a monument. The surface of the stele often has text, ornamentation, or both. These may be inscribed, carved in relief, or painted.

  4. Bulanık Stele - Wikipedia

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    The Bulanık Stele (Turkish: Bulanık Steli), is an anthropomorphic (human) sculpture, registered in the Bulanık district of Muş, made of limestone, measuring 1.4 x 0.6 m. The work is currently exhibited in Bitlis Ahlat Museum. [ 1 ]

  5. Stela of the cactus bearer - Wikipedia

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    The anthropomorphic being represented on the stela has, as Lumbreras describes it, serpent, eagle and feline attributes. This would be the message of shamanic transformation to which Burger refers. [ 33 ] [ 69 ] Likewise, given that the personage is carrying a San Pedro cactus in a ceremonial plaza, this fact accentuates the argument that "the ...

  6. Bell Beaker culture - Wikipedia

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    Anthropomorphic stele from Sion, Switzerland, 2700–2150 BC [45] Historical craniometric studies found that the Beaker people appeared to be of a different physical type than those earlier populations in the same geographic areas. They were described as tall, heavy boned and brachycephalic.

  7. Lanzón - Wikipedia

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    Due to the imagery being divided, one would have to circumambulate the fixture in order to fully observe its design. The Lanzon depicts an anthropomorphic figure with a snarl, claws, and teeth akin to a jaguar. The being's hair flows in all directions, ending with the heads of snakes. The eyes are stylized, commonly referred to as pendant eyes.

  8. Anthropomorphism - Wikipedia

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    The 35,000 to 40,000 year-old Löwenmensch figurine Anthropomorphic "pebble" figures from the 7th millennium BC From the beginnings of human behavioral modernity in the Upper Paleolithic , about 40,000 years ago, examples of zoomorphic (animal-shaped) works of art occur that may represent the earliest known evidence of anthropomorphism.

  9. Megaliths in Ethiopia - Wikipedia

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    Megalith is a Greek word meaning big stone. [1] The term megaliths first coined by Algernon Herbert in 1849. [2] The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2003) describes megaliths as a general term applied to monuments of Neolithic and early Bronze Age in northwest Europe. It is used for tombs and standing stones, forming circles Dolmen ...