A Cosmos in Stone : Interpreting Religion and Society through Rock Art (Archaeology of Religion)

A Cosmos in Stone : Interpreting Religion and Society through Rock Art (Archaeology of Religion)

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版/ページ数 336 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780759101951
  • DDC分類 709.0113

Full Description

J. David Lewis-Williams is world renowned for his work on the rock art of Southern Africa. In this volume, Lewis-Williams describes the key steps in his evolving journey to understand these images painted on stone. He describes the development of technical methods of interpreting rock paintings of the 1970s, shows how a growing understanding of San mythology, cosmology, and ethnography helped decode the complex paintings, and traces the development of neuropsychological models for understanding the relationship between belief systems and rock art. The author then applies his theories to the famous rock paintings of prehistoric Western Europe in an attempt to develop a comprehensive theory of rock art. For students of rock art, archaeology, ethnography, comparative religion, and art history, Lewis-Williams' book will be a provocative read and an important reference.

Contents

Part 0 Foreword by David S. Whitley Part 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 Chapter 1 Historical setting Chapter 5 Chapter 2 Man must measure Chapter 6 Chapter 3 Ethnography and iconography Chapter 7 Chapter 4 Mystery wrapped in myth Chapter 8 Chapter 5 Through the veil Chapter 9 Chapter 6 A dream of eland Chapter 10 Chapter 7 Seeing and construing Chapter 11 Chapter 8 Building bridges Chapter 12 Chapter 9 Harnessing the brain Chapter 13 Chapter 10 Agency, altered consciousness and wounded men Chapter 14 Chapter 11 The social production and consumption of rock art Part 15 References Part 16 Index Part 17 About the Author