Еще раз об изображениях на сосуде из Bроночице
Once again on the images on the vessel from Bronocice

Summary/Abstract: The vessel of the Funnel Beaker culture from the settlement of Bronocice (Poland) is famous due to its incised décor that bears the images of four-wheeled wagons. These images have been widely accepted as the earliest visual evidence of wagons. Still, some scholars question this interpretation identifying the images as houses, thereby putting in doubt their chronological priority in depicting the prehistoric wheeled vehicles. However, the arguments for the other reading of the images are unconvincing and methodologically weak. The wagon motifs on the vessel fit well with other elements of décor that include double rows of zigzags and a large figure composed of three-level squares filled with vertical lines separated by the slightly curved horizontal lines split in three at their ends. This figure is usually seen as a field that reflects the agricultural activities of the local population. Meanwhile, in the author’s opinion, this checker-board-like figure shows the stylized human figures, and possibly, in a dancing scene; often, they are accompanied by trees and some examples from different chronological periods include wagons.

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