#neolithic
‘Cerrig Arthur Prehistoric Stone Circle’, Pen and Ink Sketch, April 2020.
Relic I, Watercolour, Pen and Ink Sketch, April 2020.
‘Lligwy Prehistoric Burial Chamber’ Pen and Ink Sketch, Anglesey, North Wales, April 2020.
‘Ephemera’ Poem
Written by The Silicon Tribesman. All Rights Reserved, 2020.
Druid’s Temple Dolmen, Masham, Yorkshire, Pen and Ink Sketch, November 2019.
Ballymeanoch Prehistoric Standing Stones, Kilmartin Glen, Argyll, Pen and Ink Sketch and Wash, October 2019.
Nether Largie Standing Stone, Kilmartin Glen, Argyll, Pen and Ink Sketch, October 2019.
Y Ffor (Four Crosses) Prehistoric Burial Chamber, North Wales, Pen and Ink Sketch, October 2019.
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Garton Slack Prehistoric Inscribed Chalk Slab, Pen and Ink Sketch, 31.8.19.
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Stones Monolith, Todmorden, Calderdale, Pen and Ink Sketch, 26.8.19.
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Archaeologists in Turkey Find Neolithic Female Statuette Intact
The Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük, Turkey, consists of two settlement mounds — the remains of houses continually built over old ones — that have yielded many treasures since archaeologists began excavations in the 1960s. One of the most remarkable artifacts to emerge recently is a slightly weathered but fully intact, female anthropomorphic figure carved of marble — a rare find at the UNESCO World Heritage Site that illustrates one ancient craftsperson’s great level of skill. Archaeologists with the Çatalhöyük Research Project, which has explored the site since 1993, found it this summer in one of the site’s earliest structures; they estimates it dates to about 5500–8000 BCE.
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“An Thríbhís Mhòr, the great triple spiral.”
The triple spiral motif is a Neolithic symbol common to many Indo-European cultures, examples of it are found from the megalithic temples of Malta in the South (4400–3600 BC) to the Northern megalithic tomb of Newgrange in County Meath, Ireland, built around 3200 BC.
The triskelion/triskele is one of the most distinctive motifs in Iron Age Celtic art as well, both as a symbol in itself and forming the geometric basis for more complex artistic compositions. It remained a core symbol in Celtic artistic compositions for over a millennium, recorded throughout the La Têne period across the continent, and a central element in later Insular Celtic art of the early Christian period. Significant also is the fact that the triskele composition is often composed of animals of various types, indicating that the symbol was linked to or emanated from the natural world.
Collaboration with the very talented artist from Siberia Sergey Arzamastsev, who very generously gave us the permission to print his amazing work. You can find more of his artworks at this link: https://www.instagram.com/celticartlogo/
**this print is grey on black, but it’s available in different colour combinations
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