著者

小川 勝

出版者

鳴門教育大学

雑誌

鳴門教育大学研究紀要 (ISSN:18807194)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.23, pp.325-335, 2008

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As for interpretation of Parietal Art, Magic theory has been the most prominent hypothesis since the begging of 20th Century when the academic research started. Though Magic Theory has been accepted as established motive among the amateurs of prehistoric art, almost specialists have insisted alternative thinking, that is, the interpretation by structuralism. In this paper, the author points out some problems of Magic Theory, for example, signs of arrow, shamanism, devotional image and so on. Above all, the author criticizes the method of ethnographic parallels for its racist base. In any way, the author recognizes theoretical possibilities of Magic Theory, and continues to discuss the problem of integration as basis of Magic Theory.