some interesting ... if sometimes tenuous ... articles attributing shamanistic rituals to grave sites of the neolithic period, in israel and in europe ...
from my own perspective ... everything that is rhythmic in nature, in ourselves, and in the cosmos, would lead people quite naturally to accept a shaman's perspective on life itself, on life before life, and on life after life ... https://europe.factsanddetails.com/article/entry-883.html these stencilled hands aren't european ... they are in argentina ... but i guess people there and then had their own shamans ...