Inauguration: Friday 26th at 20.00h
Duration: From 26th august to 13th november 2016
During the summer of 2016 Joshua Goode, The Aurora-Rhoman Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Relics discovered artifacts from an ancient Texas civilization at Abric Romani in Capellades. Their most significant discovery is The Mammoth Balloon Funerary Boat. This prehistoric flying device was used during funerary ceremonies as a way to transport the dead to the afterlife. Designed the same way as modern hot air balloons, a mammoth skin was inflated and a boat with the mummified body and possessions of the deceased was suspended beneath it. This is the first example of the mythical Mammoth Balloon Funerary Boat and it is theorized that it was for a small child, this is based on the small size of the boat and the use of a baby mammoth skin for the balloon.
Also found near the balloon was the Lion Man Knife. This was the ceremonial knife used to skin the mammoth, it has a wooden blade and the handle is made of ivory and is carved to portray the Lion Man.
Joshua Googe, Chair, Departament of Fine Arts, Tarrant County College South, Fort Worth (USA)
