Bronze Age Imagery - Through Water and Fire
The article focuses on representations or indications of water and fire in the late Bronze Age imagery, primarily on one figurative theme that occurs in rock art and that composes the single and dominant motif on hanging-vessels. It is argued that this theme represents the act of creation. The cosm...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Svenska Arkeologiska Samfundet
2003-12-01
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Series: | Current Swedish Archaeology |
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Online Access: | https://193.10.12.85:443/csa/article/view/841 |
Summary: | The article focuses on representations or indications of water and fire in the late Bronze Age imagery, primarily on one figurative theme that occurs in rock art and that composes the single and dominant motif on hanging-vessels. It is argued that this theme represents the act of creation. The cosmological functions of water and ftre are seen as complementary actants that play different roles in space and cosmology as they are related to other archaeological materials and elements.
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ISSN: | 1102-7355 2002-3901 |