World Archives of Rock Art - W00161.bmp

AreaCode:	E I
Country:	Italy
Locality:	Paspardo, Valcamonica
Chronology:	4000 - 3000 BC
Bibliography:	Anati, E. 1993, p. 147; Anati, E. 1995, p.263
Copyright:	Drawing / Tracing of CCSP
Updated:	17/06/1999
FileName:	W00161.bmp

Description:	Keywords
Rock engraving of people with Complex Economy. Chalcolithic period, late 4th millennium BC. "Anthropomorphic" composition of ideograms. The "head" is represented as solar antlers which symbolize "sky" or "celestial energy"; in the bust area copper daggers are depicted symbolizing the power of chiefhood in life; the belt with parallel lines symbolizes the river or "water", source of purification and passage from life to the underworld; the lower limbs are foliated halberd (sacrificial tools), and to the right there is a deer, messenger of the underworld. The composition represents a cosmic "body" enveloping the sky, the hearth of the living and the world of the dead.	Anthropomorph Antler / Horn Arrow Axe Dagger Deer Halberd

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Rock engraving of people with Complex Economy. Chalcolithic period, late 4th millennium BC. "Anthropomorphic" composition of ideograms. The "head" is represented as solar antlers which symbolize "sky" or "celestial energy"; in the bust area copper daggers are depicted symbolizing the power of chiefhood in life; the belt with parallel lines symbolizes the river or "water", source of purification and passage from life to the underworld; the lower limbs are foliated halberd (sacrificial tools), and to the right there is a deer, messenger of the underworld. The composition represents a cosmic "body" enveloping the sky, the hearth of the living and the world of the dead.

Anthropomorph
Antler / Horn
Arrow
Axe
Dagger
Deer
Halberd