Papers from the session 'The Intellectual and Spiritual Expression
of Non-Literate Societies' given at the XVI World Congress of the
International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences
(Florianopolis, Brazil, 4-10 September 2011). Contents:
Presentation (Emmanuel Anati); 1) Les adaptations humaines et
l'expression spirituelle des premiers Hommes anatomiquement
modernes a la transition du Paleolithique moyen au Paleolithique
superieur (Janusz K. Kozlowski); 2) The Lipari Middle Paleolithic
and early navigation in the Mediterranean (Emmanuel Anati); 3) The
Paleolithic sanctuary at Har Karkom, Negev desert (Emmanuel Anati);
4) The Karkomian flint industry: the context of the Har Karkom
sanctuary at the transition between Middle and Upper Paleolithic
(Federico Mailland); 4) Geoglyphs on Har Karkom plateau: witness to
the early start of the expression of conceptual ideas during the
early Upper Paleolithic (Federico Mailland); 5) Astronomical
representations in rock art: some examples of the cognitive and
spiritual processes of non-literate people (Fernando Coimbra); 6)
Ancient myths and scientific fiction: the representation of big
head in the prehistoric art and its recreation in Western culture
(Santiago Guimaraes); 7) The pre-contact pueblo Kachina in the
American Southwest: its iconography, first appearances and contexts
of symbolic meanings (Jessica Joyce Christie); 8) Deer
representation in Sierra da Capivara National Park: morphology,
syntax and archaeological contexts: a visual analysis (Elaine
Ignacio); 9) Indigenous dolls and figurines: where sacred and
social worlds merge and the implications for archaeologists (Sharon
Moses); 10) Conveying an understanding of the landscape: the rock
art of the Tagus and the Guadiana Valleys (Luiz Oosterbeek); 11)
The deer figures in Tagus rock art (Sara Garces); 12) The geometric
art of the Iberian schist plaques (Cristina Lopes); 13)
Anthropozoomorphic figures and other monsters: mythical fantastic
figures in Alpine rock art (Umberto Sansoni); 14) Beliefs and
Practices Connected with Megalithic Burial Customs in Eastern India
(Ranjana Ray); 15) Substrats neolithiques aux arts traditionnels
des Balkans (Marcel Otte).
General
Imprint: |
Bar Publishing
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
British Archaeological Reports International Series |
Release date: |
April 2012 |
First published: |
April 2012 |
Editors: |
Emmanuel Anati
• Federico Mailland
• Luiz Oosterbeek
|
Dimensions: |
297 x 210 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
119 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4073-0947-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Archaeology >
General
|
LSN: |
1-4073-0947-1 |
Barcode: |
9781407309477 |
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