Palaeolithic art in Slovenia

This article is a review of Slovenian Palaeolithic ‘art’ objects. Most were found quite some time ago and were described as ‘art’ by their excavators, who undertook no further examination and authentication. More recent finds, like the Mousterian ‘flute’, were thoroughly examined,but in the case of...

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Main Author: Simona Petru
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts) 2009-12-01
Series:Documenta Praehistorica
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Online Access:https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/2049
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spelling doaj-fc50ecdd8f3c423cb5f4d7a923b6128e2020-11-24T23:15:07ZengZnanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts)Documenta Praehistorica1408-967X1854-24922009-12-013610.4312/dp.36.181746Palaeolithic art in SloveniaSimona Petru0Department of Archaeology, Ljubljana UniversityThis article is a review of Slovenian Palaeolithic ‘art’ objects. Most were found quite some time ago and were described as ‘art’ by their excavators, who undertook no further examination and authentication. More recent finds, like the Mousterian ‘flute’, were thoroughly examined,but in the case of the flute, there is still no uniform agreement on whether it was used as musical instrument or not. The only objects which are definitely artificial are engraved bone points, two engraved stones and three pieces of jewellery from Late Palaeolithic sites.https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/2049Slovenian PalaeolithicPalaeolithic artfluteengravingsjewellery
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author Simona Petru
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Palaeolithic art in Slovenia
Documenta Praehistorica
Slovenian Palaeolithic
Palaeolithic art
flute
engravings
jewellery
author_facet Simona Petru
author_sort Simona Petru
title Palaeolithic art in Slovenia
title_short Palaeolithic art in Slovenia
title_full Palaeolithic art in Slovenia
title_fullStr Palaeolithic art in Slovenia
title_full_unstemmed Palaeolithic art in Slovenia
title_sort palaeolithic art in slovenia
publisher Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts)
series Documenta Praehistorica
issn 1408-967X
1854-2492
publishDate 2009-12-01
description This article is a review of Slovenian Palaeolithic ‘art’ objects. Most were found quite some time ago and were described as ‘art’ by their excavators, who undertook no further examination and authentication. More recent finds, like the Mousterian ‘flute’, were thoroughly examined,but in the case of the flute, there is still no uniform agreement on whether it was used as musical instrument or not. The only objects which are definitely artificial are engraved bone points, two engraved stones and three pieces of jewellery from Late Palaeolithic sites.
topic Slovenian Palaeolithic
Palaeolithic art
flute
engravings
jewellery
url https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/2049
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