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The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art is a 2002 study of Upper Palaeolithic European rock art written by the archaeologist David Lewis-Williams, then a professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.
- David Lewis-Williams
- 2002
1 de abr. de 2004 · Illuminating glimpses into the ancient mind are skillfully interwoven here 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 aesthetic achievements ...
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- David Lewis-Williams
- $23.21
- Thames & Hudson
1 de ene. de 2002 · David Lewis-Williams proposes that the explanation for this lies in the evolution of the human mind. Cro-Magnons, unlike the Neanderthals, possessed a more advanced neurological makeup that enabled them to experience shamanistic trances and vivid mental imagery.
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- Paperback
- James David Lewis-Williams
2 de oct. de 2003 · The Mind in the Cave provides such a pay-off by showing how an understanding of altered states of consciousness provided by neuroscience can explain cultural productions such as the cave and rock art of the Upper Palaeolithic period.
- E Thomas Lawson
Was cave art the hallmark of a new cognitive ability and social consciousness that were beyond the reach of previous hominids? And is shamanism an outgrowth of the hard-wired structure of the modern human brain?
In attempting to discern how Paleolithic Homo sapiens became human and in the process began to make art, Lewis-Williams, an emeritus art historian at a Johannesburg university, focuses on the glorious but mysterious cave painting of western Europe, made between 45,000 and 10,000 years ago.
The mind in the cave: consciousness and the origins of art. London: Thames and Hudson. 320pp, index, figures, illustrations in black and white, and colour. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2015. Robert Layton. Article. Metrics. Get access Rights & Permissions. Abstract.
