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On the Potential Use of Cup‐Marks
Author(s) -
GOSSO FULVIO
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
anthropology of consciousness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.117
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1556-3537
pISSN - 1053-4202
DOI - 10.1111/j.1556-3537.2010.01029.x
Subject(s) - history , period (music) , connection (principal bundle) , ancient history , archaeology , geology , geography , philosophy , mathematics , aesthetics , geometry
The author, starting from what is currently known about cup‐marks and their distribution in the north‐western Italian alpine area, formulated a hypothesis on their material and ritual functions in the Neolithic period. It is conceivable that cup‐marks were originally carved in connection with the ritual use of Amanita muscaria, and that they may later have assumed other functions as well.