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Le Jardin (S4E2)
Comments closedMurayghat emerged after the decline of the so-called Chalcolithic culture (ca. 4500–3500 BCE), a period known for its domestic settlements, rich symbolic traditions, copper artifacts, and small cultic shrines.
Researchers believe that climate shifts and social disruptions may have led to the collapse of the culture, and in response, Early Bronze Age groups began creating new forms of ritual expression.
Tom Service presents a live set from the Polish sound artist and composer Anna Zaradny, recorded at at this year’s Eavesdropping festival at Cafe Oto in London. We’ll also hear the London Sinfonietta with a modern classic by Salvatore Sciarrino, his ghostly, shimmering …da una Divertimento, from 1970; and GBSR Duo perform Tim Parkinson’s Project 9000 for piano, percussion and backing track, described by the composer as “a sunset that’s been photographed, laminated and pinned on the wall of a disused office”.
Cult Pens sent out an email to tell everyone it’s 100 days to Xmas and I almost unsubscribed.
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🌐 TODAY IS 8jul24
📡 RITUALS, FIRES, CAVES
The miniature fireplaces are the remarkably preserved remains of two ritual events dating back 500 generations.
Nowhere else on Earth have archaeological expressions of a very specific cultural practice known from ethnography, yet traceable so far back, previously been found.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});GunaiKurnai ancestors had transmitted on Country a very detailed, very particular cultural knowledge and practice for some 500 generations.
It may not look like much—just a flaking image of three people around a big red pig.
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-1449240174198-2’); });But the humble cave painting discovered in Indonesia is the oldest known narrative artwork ever made by human hands, dating back more than 51,000 years, new research said on Wednesday.
“This is the oldest evidence of storytelling,” Maxime Aubert, an archaeologist at Australia’s Griffith University, told AFP.
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
It’s time to move on, toward whatever happens next.
CAIRN, Kathleen Jamie
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