Shamans of the Lost World - A Cognitive Approach to the Prehistoric Religion of the Ohio Hopewell

Informationen zum Autor William F. Romain is a research associate at Ohio State University and author of Mysteries of the Hopewell: Astronomers, Geometers, and Magicians of the Eastern Woodland . Klappentext Shamans of the Lost World bridges the gap between recent work in the cognitive sciences and some of humankind's oldest religious expressions. In this detailed look at the prehistoric shamanism of the Ohio Hopewell, Romain uses cognitive science, archaeology, and ethnology to propose that the shamanic worldview results from psychological mechanisms that have a basis in our cognitive evolutionary development. The discussions in this volume of the most current theories concerning how early peoples came to believe in spirits and gods, as well as how those theories help account for what we find in the archaeological record of the Hopewell, are of interest to archaeologists and cognitive scientists alike. Zusammenfassung Shamans of the Lost World examines the archaeological evidence of Hopewell peoples to deepen our understanding of their practice of shamanism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Theoretical Background and Methods Chapter 3. Hopewell Shamans Chapter 4. Hopewell Cosmology: Part I Chapter 5. Hopewell Cosmology: Part II Chapter 6. Roles of the Hopewell Shaman Chapter 7. Ways of the Hopewell Shaman Chapter 8. Afterword

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: William F Romain, William F. Romain
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 07.11.2011
• EAN: 9780759119062
• ISBN: 978-0-7591-1906-2
• Pagine: 270
• Serie: Issues in Eastern Woodlands Archaeology; Issues in Eastern Woodlands Archaeology; Issues in Eastern Woodlands Ar
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria, mondo antico; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria