О возможных истоках формирования образа Мирового Древа в искусстве верхнего палеолита
On the Possible Upper Palaeolithic Sources of the World Tree Image

Summary/Abstract: The World Tree is a universal image that embodies the picture of the world. It is almost ubiquitous, in the canonical form or in different versions, but always clearly recognizable. The image becomes more complex with time, spreading over huge spaces, manifesting itself in different cultures. Its origin lies much deeper than the Bronze Age as many believe. The present paper attempts to trace the chain connecting the earliest of the presently known images of the World Tree, found in the upper layer of the second complex of the Upper Palaeolithic site of Kostenki 1, with its representations in later epochs up to the historical time.

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