'A literary and scientific tour de force' - Nature

'An engaging, well-written and erudite book, which makes many suggestive observations and provides stimulating reading' - British Archaeology

'Gives us as clear a picture as I’ve seen of how the people of the New Stone Age thought, of the myths that sustained them and of what they really believed' - Sunday Telegraph

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'Bold, provocative, scintillating … a brilliant synthesis of archaeology and human neurology … food for thought on every page' - Brian Fagan

This fascinating book continues the story begun in the bestselling and critically acclaimed book The Mind in the Cave. Drawing on the latest research and recent discoveries, the authors skilfully link material on human consciousness, imagery and belief systems to propose provocative new theories about the causes of an ancient revolution in cosmology, the origins of social complexity and even the drive behind the domestication of plants and animals. In doing so they create a fascinating neurological bridge to the mysterious thought-lives of the past and reveal the essence of a momentous period in human history.
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A brilliantly argued and elegantly written examination of the intricate web of belief, myth and society in the Neolithic period.
Preface • 1. The Revolutionary Neolithic • 2. The Consciousness Contract • 3. Seeing and Building a Cosmos • 4. Close Encounters with a Built Cosmos • 5. Domesticating Wild Nature • 6. Treasure the Dream Whatever the Terror • 7. The Mound in the Dark Grove • 8. Brú na Bóinne • 9. Religion de Profundis • 10. East is East and West is West
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A brilliantly argued and elegantly written examination of the intricate web of belief, myth and society in the Neolithic period

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780500294413
Publisert
2018-09-13
Utgiver
Vendor
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Vekt
360 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
128 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
320

Om bidragsyterne

David Lewis-Williams is Professor Emeritus and Senior Mentor in the Rock Art Research Institute, University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg. Among his books are The Mind in the Cave, Inside the Neolithic Mind (with David Pearce) and The Shamans of Prehistory (with Jean Clottes). David Pearce is a researcher in the Rock Art Research Institute, University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg