S11E



S11E

Room 3.44

Archaeology, art and spirituality during prehistory and protohistory / Archéologie, art et spiritualité durant la Préhistoire et la Protohistoire

Session organizers: Fernando Coimbra, Dragos Gheorghiu, Meenakshi Dubey-Pathak

S11E, Wed Sep 2 2026, 9:00 - 13:30, Room 3.44

9:00-9:20 - How to identify a prehistoric sanctuary? – Lochenstein in the Swabian Jura (SW Germany) / M. Bartelheim, M. Heise and M. Lingnau

9:20-9:40 - Sacred Water in Sardinia: Cults, Rituals, and Religious Architecture of the Nuragic Civilization / F. Porcedda, G. Salis, R. Cicilloni and M. Cabras.

9:40-10:00 - Horses and Birds as Psychopomp Animals in European Protohistory / F. Coimbra

10:00-10:20 - Spiritual potency of Bronze Age artefacts and celestial signs / E. Pasztor

10:20-10:40 - Silent Symbols, Sacred Worlds: Spiritual Imagination in the Harappan CivilisationSilent Symbols, Sacred Worlds: Spiritual Imagination in the Harappan Civilisation / G. D. Verma

10:40-11:00 - Discussion slot

11:00-11:30 - Coffee break

11:30-11:50 - Silver Discoidal Diadems in El Argar: A Lunar Cult in Bronze Age Spain or Something Else? / M. Gomariz

11:50-12:10 - Orphism, Urbanism And Rulers In The Capital Of The Thracian Getae “Dausdava-Helis” / D. Gergova

12:10-12:30 - The spirituality of Geometry / D. Gheorghiu

12:30-12:50 - The sacred caves on the Belice River in western Sicily / A. Vintaloro

12:50-13:10 - Stirring The Hornet’s Nest: The Ritual Dimensions of Northwestern Amazonian Petroglyphs Seen Through Quantitative Methods / S. Chavarro-Belafonte and J. V. Becerra

13:10-13:30 - Discussion slot

13:30-14:30 - Lunch