Beschreibung
Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 143. Chapters: Knife, Chariot, Arrow, Lithic flake, Stone tool, Lithic reduction, Adze, Lithic core, Tool stone, Hammerstone, Sherd, Projectile point, Fire-cracked rock, Grinding slab, Prismatic blade, Petrosomatoglyph, Oil lamp, Fibula, Axe, Drinking horn, Mjöllnir, Oxhide ingot, Venus figurines, Carved Stone Balls, Golden hat, Atlatl, Ostracon, Quern-stone, Votive offering, Prepared-core technique, Cylinder seal, Torc, Tamga, Jiroft culture, Bucchero, Clovis point, Rhyton, Bâton de commandement, Hand axe, Bronze Age sword, Situla, Cupstone, Horned helmet, Bannerstone, Venus of Willendorf, Imbrex and tegula, Dogu, Clootie well, Buddha footprint, Grave goods, Microburin technique, Stone wrist-guard, Tissamaharama Tamil Brahmi inscriptions, Tamil copper-plate inscriptions, Indian copper plate inscriptions, Bi, Flint tool, Petrosphere, Painted pebbles, Clay tablet, Cosmetic palette, Bone tool, Astragalomancy, Flesh-hook, Microblade technology, Bronze mirror, Folsom point, Lorestan bronze, Hercules' Club, Grooved ware, Celt, Eolith, Gold lunula, Stroke-ornamented ware culture, Bog butter, Lamoka projectile point, Timber circle, Kimberley points, Pim weight, Abecediary, Briquetage, Susquehanna broad projectile point, Beaker, Levanna projectile point, Clay nail, Bare Island projectile point, Jack's Reef pentagonal projectile point, McWhinney point, Fire dog, Larnax, Scraper, Cong, Eden point, Guatimac, Palstave, Grave orb, Moko drum, Greene projectile point, Bout-coupé, Chopping tool, Shoe-last celt, Cleaver, Claw beaker, Aylesford-Swarling Pottery, Chopper, Zierscheibe, Bann flake, Datestone, Racloir, Manuport, Chopper core, Denticulate tool, Impasto, Cumberland point, Lock ring, Elf-Arrows, Transverse arrowhead, Psi and phi type figurine, Plano point, Cascade point, Ficron, Flake tool, Lydion. Excerpt: A petrosomatoglyph is an image of parts of a human or animal body incised in rock. Many were created by Celtic peoples, such as the Picts, Scots, Irish, Cornish, Cumbrians, Bretons and Welsh. These representations date from the Early Middle Ages; others of uncertain purpose date back to megalithic times. They were an important form of symbolism, used in religious and secular ceremonies, such as the crowning of kings. Some are regarded as artefacts linked to saints and folklore heroes, such as King Arthur. The word comes from the Greek pta - petra ("stone"), sµa - soma ("body"), and fe - glyphein ("to carve"). Feet are the most common; however, knees, elbows, hands, head, fingers, etc., are also found. The term petrosomatoglyph should not be confused with petroglyph, which covers all incised representations of living or non-living things, or with pictograph, which is an image drawn or painted on a rock face, and both of which contribute to the wider and more general category of rock art. Petroforms, or patterns and shapes such as labyrinths and mazes made by many large rocks and boulders in rows over the ground, are also quite different. Stylised representations of parts of the body are often open to dispute and are therefore on the fringes of acceptability as identifiable petrosomatoglyphs. Natural objects, such as rock crystals and rock formations which look like petrosomatoglyphs, whole animals, plants, etc., are collectively called "mimeoliths". Many examples of petrosomatoglyphs are likely to be natural in origin, such as rock-cut basins in rivers; however they still have relevance as they have often bec.
