In this study the authors would like to extend throne notion with examples from religious life of Neolithic and Copper Age communities. Throne with its symbols is present starting with the earliest Neolithic horizons of Anatolia until center of Europe, in 7-5 millennia. We have analyzed some important discoveries related with monumental pieces from sanctuaries, as well as those discovered in community altar or domestic sanctuaries. These monumental pieces from sanctuaries reflect the place of the divinity or her representation in the sanctuary and their role in religious ceremonies. For many of the presented pieces we offer new hypothesis and opinions regarding their functionality. We also refer to some idols types that are sitting on thrones representing divinities or priestess that represent the image of the divinity.

Archaeological investigations at Rupea in the summer of 2018 showed that in the vicinity of each spring of salt water, from about 50 m to 1,7 km there is an early Neolithic site, belonging to Starčevo – Criş. Analyzing the ceramic materials from a complex and those discovered on the area of the site we found that they belong to the Starčevo-Criş III phase. Chronological and cultural links suggest that these communities are related to the discoveries of Cristian III in the same cultural phase. Based on ethno-archeological research on salt sources, but also in the sheepfolds, their placement against salt springs and salted lands, archaeologists have established direct links between salt sources and neolithisation processes in the Rupea area. Rupea is at the center of communication paths between Moldova, south-eastern Transylvania and western Transylvania in the middle basin of Mureş and the center of Transylvania (the upper part of Mureş's middle basin).

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The paper analyses a series of special discoveries which show that these items of clothing belong to social and religious elites, or ornaments of some deities. They were used as bracelets and pendants. A more special piece is from Donja Branjevina from the 7th millennium BC, which has been observed to have representations related to the constellations of the sky. Keywords: bracelets, pendants, symbols, constellations, Neolithic