Inside the Neolithic Mind (New Ed ) - Consciousness, Cosmos and the Realm of the Gods

Informationen zum Autor 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 Klappentext The story begun in the bestselling and critically acclaimed "The Mind In The Cave" is continued in this provocative set of new ideas on ancient revolutions in cosmology, the origins of social complexity and the reasons for the domestication of plants and animals. Zusammenfassung A brilliantly argued and elegantly written examination of the intricate web of belief, myth and society in the Neolithic period. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: David Lewis-Williams, David Pearce
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780500294413
• ISBN: 978-0-500-29441-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 320 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology, Ancient History