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Seven Mid-Archaic Age Stone Axe Venerations: The Intersection of Form and Function together with Native Copper and the Adornment of Select Locations on the Cultural Landscape in Southeastern Wisconsin
By: HERMAN BENDER – A curious discovery during the comprehensive WEPCO cultural landscape survey (1995) in southeastern Wisconsin was the number of remarkable, isolated and lone stone axes discovered while plowing and disking fields. No other artifacts were discovered with them. Each axe, it appeared, had been purposely placed in order to mark a select…
L’arte rupestre camuna tra Cervi, Caccia Selvaggia, Aquane e Nani minatori
anguane, anima, animism, animismo, arte rupestre, ash, Camuni, Cernunnos, cervo, cielo di pietra, copper, corvi, crows, deer, dwarfs, ferro, frassino, geese, iron, mines, miniere, nani, ninfe, nymphs, oche, petroglifi, rame, rock art, sciamanesimo, serpenti, Shamanism, sky of stone, snakes, soul, Valcamonica, ZeusBy: SANDRA BUSATTA – In this paper I’ trying to show that there is a relationship between rock art, a site where rock art is placed and the wider landscape, articulated according to the Camunian “mindscape” in Valcamonica, Italy. In particular, I believe rock art may be regarded, making Lødøen’s felicitous phrase my own, as…