Swabian Pride

by Sean Jobst 24 February 2020 Continuing on from Part 1 , there are more archaeological findings from Swabia that illuminate our understanding of prehistoric folk faith while also telling us about ourselves. Found at Hohlenstein-Stadel ("hollow-rock barn") in the Lonetal region in 1939, its dating to between 35,000 and 40,000 years ago makes it both the oldest zoomorphic and figurative art ever found. It was not until 1969 that the 200 fragmented pieces were assembled together again into the 12.2 inch/31cm tall male figure with a lion's head.(1) As with the others, the Löwenmensch was carved from mammoth ivory. That many spears found within Paleolithic burials were also made from mammoth ivory despite its fragility, demonstrates an early "autonoetic" purpose for another existence after death symbolized by the material itself.(2) The Löwenmensch's human features are evident in his upright posture and sloping shoulders, while the head, shorter

by Sean Jobst 10 February 2020 Several archaeological findings throughout Swabia (Schwaben) illuminate our understanding of how the traditions and worldview of the tribes later known as Germanic and Celtic peoples first developed. Its my contention that there has been a distinct continuity within the region, so that the people known as the Swabians, Bavarians, Swiss and Austrians are descended not only from the Germanic tribes that migrated down into the Alpine regions, but also from the previous Danubian Celts of the Hallstatt culture. Other Celtic cultures simultaneously arose in Gaul and Celtiberia, from whence they spread into Britannia and Ireland - where the same intermarriage with the previous prehistoric peoples (not as "backward" as establishment historiography assumes) and the great megalith builders occurred as on the Continent. So its not that Hallstatt culture gave rise to all the Celtic peoples, but specifically those within the Alpine regions with such g