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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Discovering Southern African Rock Art (Southern African Archaeology) This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. . …

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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st. Cloth, 320 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Dust jacket with light chipping. *** An exploration of how brain structure and cultural content interacted in the Neolithic period 10,000 years ago to produce unique life patterns and belief systems. What do the headless figures found in the famous paintings at Catalhoyuk in Turkey have in common with the monumental tombs at Newgrange and Knowth in Ireland? How can the concepts of 'birth,' 'death,' and 'wild' cast light on the archaeological enigma of the domestication of cattle? What generated the revolutionary social change that ended the Upper Palaeolithic? David Lewis-Williams's previous book, The Mind in the Cave, dealt with the remarkable Upper Palaeolithic paintings, carvings, and engravings of western Europe. Here Dr. Lewis-Williams and David Pearce examine the intricate web of belief, myth, and society in the succeeding Neolithic period, arguably the most significant turning point in all human history, when agriculture became a way of life and the fractious society that we know today was born. The authors focus on two contrasting times and places: the beginnings in the Near East, with its mud-brick and stone houses each piled on top of the ruins of another, and western Europe, with its massive stone monuments more ancient than the Egyptian pyramids. They argue that neurological patterns hardwired into the brain help explain the art and society that Neolithic people produced. Drawing on the latest research, the authors skillfully link material on human consciousness, imagery, and religious concepts to propose provocative new theories about the causes of an ancient revolution in cosmology and the origins of social complexity. 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. 100 illustrations, 20 in color." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 429-449 pages with maps and figures. Quarto (11" x 8 1/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Current Anthropology Volume 23, Number 4 complete issue. First edition. This paper suggests a new theoretical framework for understanding southern San rock art. The traditional explanations have been either innatist or functionalist. To escape the tautology of the former and the restrictions of the latter it is suggested that the articulation between the art and the social relations of production be sought. This articulation was expressed in the activities of medicine men, whose symbolic work acted upon the reproduction of the natural order by making rain and controlling animals and then upon the social relations necessary for efficient production and distribution by reducing tensions within the camp. By reports of supposed out-of-body travel the medicine men also reflected the networks of links between camps which facilitated the reproduction of the social formation over extended periods that might include times of extreme strain on local resources. At least some of the medicine men were also artists and painted symbols of trance performance as well as representations of their hallucinatory experiences. The art thus contributed to a pooling of religious experience and imparted a special reality to the cognitive system on which the practice of symbolic work was based. Condition: Edge wear, Corners bumped, rubbed and creased else very good.…

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Images of Power: Understanding Bushman Rock Art This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Large hardcover in jacket, color plates and photographs as well as b + w illustrations and maps throughout. Older book, some general reading wear, rubbing to the jacket; small rubbed area, torn paper inside cover. Very decent reference.…

Condizione: Good. The breathtakingly beautiful art created deep inside the caves of western Europe in the late Ice Age has the power to dazzle even the most jaded observers. Emerging from the narrow underground passages into the chambers of caves such as Lascaux, Chauvet, and Altamira, visitors are confronted with symbols, patterns, and depictions of bison, woolly mammoths, ibexes, and other animals.Since its discovery, cave art has provoked great curiosity about why it appeared when and where it did, how it was made, and what it meant to the communities that created it. In the most convincing explanation for Upper Palaeolithic art yet proposed, David Lewis-Williams describes how nineteenth-century beliefs that the drawings were "art for art's sake, " or totemism, were supplanted in the wake of Darwinian evolutionary theory. The earliest human beings had a more advanced neurological makeup than their Neanderthal neighbors, allowing individuals to induce altered states of consciousness during which they experienced vivid mental imagery. It became important for people to "fix, " or paint, these images onto cave walls, which they perceived as the membrane between their world and the spirit world from which the visions came. Over time, new social distinctions developed as individuals exploited their hallucinations for personal advancement, and the first truly modern society emerged.Illuminating glimpses into the ancient mind are skillfully interwoven with the still-evolving story of modern-day cave discoveries and research. The Mind in the Cave is a superb piece of detective work, casting light on the darkest mysteries of our earliest ancestors while strengthening our wonder at their aestheticachievements. Condition (Good): Average used copy with visible wear. All pages present and readable. May include small tears, creasing, rubbing, or previous owner marks, but remains structurally sound.…

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Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Gut. 68 S. + Ill. Good condition. Slight smell of smoke. With some pencil marks. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 850.

Condizione: New. pp. 158 7 Illus.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. 285 Pages. The wraps are a little shelf rubbed. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, clean and complete. r*23/03/2022. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condizione: New. In English.

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Condizione: New. pp. 158.

Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. First Edition. Small 4to, 68pp. text + approximately 64pp. color photographs. Hardcover, bound in original cloth with dustjacket. In excellent condition. A clean, tight, copy, with no signs of prior ownership. The dustjacket has minor wear to edges, and is now protected in clear Mylar.…

Paperback. Condizione: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Altamira Press, 2002. Octavo. Paperback. Book is like new with writing on title page and sticker over barcode on back cover. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. The wraps are a little shelf rubbed. Internally, clean. Tightly bound. r*30/10/2024. [ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. signed.