Digging the Neolithic stamp-seals of SE Europe from archaeological deposits, texts and mental constructs

The article presents the archaeological and experimental data on the Neolithic stamp- seals from phenomenological perspective. An alternative view to their production, consumption and symbolic values is proposed by employing concepts of affordances, constraints, icons, indexes and symbols. It is argued that the stamp-seal motifs probably conveyed specific information, while objects were included in various networks of meaning. Similar importance is given to the fact that the stamp seals probably evolved a secondary mode of use.V članku so predstavljeni arheološki in eksperimentalni podatki o neolitskih pečatnikih- žigih s fenomenološke perspektive. S pomočjo konceptov ponujenosti, omejitev, ikon, indeksov in simbolov oblikujemo alternativni pogled na njihovo produkcijo, rabo in simbolične vrednosti. Zagovarjamo tezo, da so bili pečatniki-žigi vključeni v različne pomenske mreže, njihovi motivi pa so bili nosilci specifičnih informacij. Enako pomembno se nam zdi dejstvo, da so pečatniki-žigi razvili sekundarne oblike rabe