4,200-year-old “child’s toy rattle” found in Turkey
Posted On: Oct 23rd, 2016 at 12:02
Turkey
At the Acemhöyük site in Yeşilova, Aksaray, archaeologists have uncovered what they perceive to be a “child’s toy rattle”, or at least an equivalent of a modern one. The clay object contains beads that make a sound when the object is shaken.
I do not agree with the interpretation that this is a child’s toy rattle. I am almost certain this is a shamanic object, used in ritual to cleanse the aura of a person during a ceremony that involves shamanic healing. Rattles were in common use in Native American shamanic ritual, and they are still even used today for the same purpose by the spiritualist movement for cleansing auras.
I find these kinds of interpretations extremely biased and annoying. There is no evidence of any child’s toy rattle anywhere in the world for that time period, but there is a huge amount of evidence for rattles being used in shamanic practise.
Sometimes I wonder how some of these archaeologists are ever allowed on site!
On the other hand, no quote from the archaeologist in the report mentions anything about a toy… so is this just a case of bad journalism once again?
