Magic is used to explain a natural phenomena. Bad luck or misfortune can be caused by malgin spirits or individuals. In many societies magic exists as an allternative to Western Science e.g. Sympathetic Hunting Magic at Lascaux.
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Inhumation
The disposal of a dead body by specifically placing it in a dug hole in the ground. Laid out in many different positions e.g. Grave 8 at Vedbeak.
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Rites Of Passage
Cultural or religious practices carried out to mark the passage of individuals in society from one important life stage to another. This could be birth, coming of age, marriage and death e.g. excarnation platform at Seahenge.
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Totemism
Respect of animal spirits, often adopted by shamans or leaders to allow them to explore the spirit world. Role to guide and protect individuals e.g. cave paintings at Lascaux and Chauvet.
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Excarnation
Exposure of bodies after death so that the flesh rots off the skeleton. Cleansing the body to free the soul e.g. reburial of bones at West Kennet.
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Ritual
The activity, actions that past peoples carried out in line with what they believed e.g. astronomical rituals at Stonehenge.
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Monotheism
The worship/belief of a single paramount god e.g. Willendorf.
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Grave Goods
Objects/food placed in the grave as offerings to the deceased to accompany them into the afterlife e.g. cart, couch and golden shoes at Hochdorf.
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Animism
A belief that nature is energized by distinct personalized spirit beings separable from bodies e.g. River Thames in the Iron Age.
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Art / Iconography
The meaning behind images, writing systems and pictures, used to communicate the truth and propaganda e.g. European Rock Art.
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Sensory Experience
Deliberate manipulation of the senses in order to create an altered sense of consciousness e.g. light/dark, music, temperature, fire, smoke, shamanism in Palaeolithic Cave Art.
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Cremation
Funerary Ritual where the body is burnt e.g. Vedbaek Gongehusveg 7.
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Shamanism
Religion requiring a ritual specialist, ability to communicate with spirits and act as healers e.g. "birdman" at Lascaux.
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Symbolism
Use of physical materials to express a particular belief e.g. Mike Parker Pearson's theory on Stonehenge.
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Funerary Ritual
Particular activities involved in the proper treatment and disposal of the body after death.
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Liminal
A place between worlds/states (a boundary) e.g. cave walls in the Shamanistic interpretation of cave art.
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Card 2
Front
The disposal of a dead body by specifically placing it in a dug hole in the ground. Laid out in many different positions e.g. Grave 8 at Vedbeak.
Back
Inhumation
Card 3
Front
Cultural or religious practices carried out to mark the passage of individuals in society from one important life stage to another. This could be birth, coming of age, marriage and death e.g. excarnation platform at Seahenge.
Back
Card 4
Front
Respect of animal spirits, often adopted by shamans or leaders to allow them to explore the spirit world. Role to guide and protect individuals e.g. cave paintings at Lascaux and Chauvet.
Back
Card 5
Front
Exposure of bodies after death so that the flesh rots off the skeleton. Cleansing the body to free the soul e.g. reburial of bones at West Kennet.
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