新疆地区史前人形雕像的发现与初步研究

Discovery and Preliminary Study of the Prehistoric Anthropo—morphological Statues Recorded in the Xinjiang Region

新疆地区史前时期的墓葬中发现的人形雕像,大小不同,小的数十厘米,大的如真人,最大的高达3米,或直立或呈行走状,保存完好的人形雕像,身上还穿着衣服,佩带用具。这些人形雕像与生殖崇拜无关,它是当时人们灵魂的替代物,是早期萨满教中的神偶。

Many wooden figures have been found from burials in prehistoric Xinjiang, varying from several dozen centimeters to more than 3 meteris in height, with clothing and even tools in some situations if being well persevered. This article argues that those wooden figures may have been deities representing human souls in early Shamanism and may have little relation with fertility worships as some scholars have had assumed.