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Kurgan stelae [a] or Balbals (Ukrainian: балбал, most probably from Turkic word balbal meaning "ancestor" or "grandfather" [3]) are anthropomorphic stone stelae, images cut from stone, installed atop, within or around kurgans (i.e. tumuli), in kurgan cemeteries, or in a double line extending from a kurgan.
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.
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.
Anthropomorphic woman honorary stele, with breast A megalithic stelae field in Tiya. Man honorary stele, with swords A sword symbol on a stele at Tiya. Tiya is one of nine megalithic pillar sites in the Gurage Zone. As of 1997, 118 stelae were reported in the area.
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 ...
Stone rubbing of anthropomorphic stele no 15, Sion, Petit-Chasseur necropolis, Neolithic. Gravestone rubbing of Confederate war veteran, Plaquemine, Louisiana.
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They are similar in style to other anthropomorphic stelae made across Europe between the 4th and 3rd ... Media related to Statue stele di Arco at Wikimedia ...