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thesilicontribesman · 7 months

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Craig Celynin Ancient Landscape, nr. Rowen, Conwy Valley, Wales

#ice age #stone age #bronze age #copper age #iron age #neolithic #mesolithic #calcholithic #paleolithic #prehistoric #prehistory #landscape #wales #archaeology #geology

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ancientorigins · 5 months

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A Copper Age woman's skeleton found in Spain reveals a story of survival and medical marvel. She must have had a great prehistoric surgeon because she survived not one, but two surgeries to her skull!

#skull #cranial #surgery #trepanation #Spain #woman #Copper Age

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ode-on-a-grecian-butt · 4 months

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High Priestess of Tholos de Montelirio. Copper Age - Southwestern Iberia (3,000–2,800 BC.)

The Ivory Lady, Grand Chief of Valencina de la Concepción (Seville, Spain). Copper Age - SW Iberia.

Priestess of the Iberian Neolithic - early Copper Age

art by @Re_my_06

#prehistoric Iberia #copper age #The Chalcolithic period

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ancestorsalive · 6 months

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Dheut-e-Zonja, or Zôja-e-Dheut ("Lady of the Earth"), was the Illyrian/Albanian Earthmother of the ancient Balkans, also called Dheun, Dheu, and Toka ("Earth"), and Mëmë-dheu ("Mother Earth"). The Romans identified her with Tellus Mater, Terra Mater, or Magna Mater (Cybele). The very soil of Dheut-e-Zonja was believed to have the powers of an all-seeing eye that watched humanity from the ground up, knowing everywhere each of us goes. When an Albanian moved to a foreign land, he or she took with them a container of Mother Earth, as the concept of the Earthmother was regionalized. She was Mother of the Sun-goddess, rebirthing Her every morning. She cared for the dead, their remains buried and their soul going to an underworld paradise. Mourners would get on their knees making forlorn wailing sounds, then place their foreheads on Mother Earth. She was sometimes paired with Zoh-z, the Albanian Sky-god, with many formulaic sayings or prayers to Earth and Sky. Presumedly he was her husband. Dheut-e-Zonja was mother of vegetation. Her sacred groves were designated natural sites of great beauty, where it was forbidden to cut down trees, and no house or settlement was permitted, or the offenders' families would suffer longlasting misfortune.

An Albanian and Kosovan folk practice that lasted into the 20th Century provides lingering evidence of an Earthmother cult. Infants and children who were not thriving would be taken to a ritual location by an elderly woman of the family or village, there laid upon the ground, and covered with fresh earth, all except the head, the while reciting prayers or spells of healing. This was believed to impart the Earth's strength to the child.

Figurine: Copper Age ceramic goddess figurine found at Maliqi, Albania.

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thesilicontribesman · 5 months

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Achnabreck Prehistoric Rock Art Panels, nr. Lochgilphead, Argyll, Scotland

#ice age #stone age #bronze age #copper age #iron age #neolithic #mesolithic #calcholithic #paleolithic #prehistoric #prehistory #cup and ring #rock art #archaeology #landscape #ancient craft #ancient sites #ancient cultures

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thesilicontribesman · 9 months

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Ballochmyle Prehistoric Rock Art Panels, Ballochmyle, East Ayrshire, Scotland

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thesilicontribesman · 1 year

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Swinside Neolithic Stone Circle, Sunkenkirk, South Lakes.

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thesilicontribesman · 2 months

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Castleton 7a Prehistoric Rock Art Panels, nr. Falkirk, Scotland

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thesilicontribesman · 4 months

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Sculpture of a Bison (replica)

This is a replica of a 14,000-year-old sculpture found in the Madeleine Cave in France and is made of reindeer antler.

Museum of Archaeology, Durham University

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thesilicontribesman · 8 months

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Gwern Einion Prehistoric Burial Chamber, Pensarn, Wales

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thesilicontribesman · 1 month

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Dunbeath Iron Age Broch, Caithness, Scotland

#ice age #stone age #bronze age #iron age #copper age #broch #settlement #ancient craft #ancient cultures #ancient living #ancient sites #stonework #tribal #community #Scotland #Caithness #archaeology

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thesilicontribesman · 17 days

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Mesolithic Harpoon Head, 4500 BCE, Stewartry Museum, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

This is a 6500 year old harpoon made from a Red Deer antler and found in the River Dee. It is of a similar type of harpoon to those found in Mesolithic caves or rock shelters near Oban. This piece has been carbon dated to around 4500 BCE.