Becoming Human: Innovation in Prehistoric Material and Spiritual Culture

By: RENFREW, ColinContributor(s): MORLEY, IainMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York Cambridge University Press 2009 Edition: 1stISBN: 9780000000000Subject(s): Anthropology of religion | Europe--Antiquities | Material culture--Europe | Paleolithic Period--Europe | Religion, Prehistoric
Contents:
1. Introduction Colin Renfrew2. Prologue: the emergence of symbolic thought: the principal steps of hominisation leading towards greater complexity Henry de LumleyPart I. African Origins, European Beginnings and World Prehistory:3. The origins of symbolism, spirituality & shamans? Exploring Middle Stone Age material culture in South Africa Christopher Henshilwood4. Neanderthal symbolic behaviour? Jane Renfrew5. Identifying ancient religious thought and iconography: problems of definition, preservation and interpretation Paul Taçon6. Situating the creative explosion: universal or local? Colin RenfrewPart II. Approaches to 'Art and Religion':7. The roots of art and religion in ancient material culture Merlin Donald8. The archaeology of early religious practices: a plea for a hypothesis-testing approach Francesco d'Errico9. Out of the mind: material culture and the supernatural Steven Mithen10. Of people and pictures: the nexus of Upper Palaeolithic religion, social discrimination and art David Lewis-Williams11. Music and ritual - parallels and practice, and the Upper Palaeolithic Iain MorleyPart III. The European Experience:12. Materiality and meaning-making in the understanding of the Palaeolithic 'arts' Margaret Conkey13. Sticking bones into cracks in the Upper Palaeolithic Jean Clottes14. Cognition and climate: why is Upper Palaeolithic cave art almost confined to the Franco-Cantabrian region? Paul MellarsPart IV. Reflections on the Origins of Spirituality:15. Interdisciplinary perspectives on human origins and religious awareness Wentzel Van Huyssteen16. Innovation in material and spiritual culture: exploring conjectured relationships Keith Ward.
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1. Introduction Colin Renfrew2. Prologue: the emergence of symbolic thought: the principal steps of hominisation leading towards greater complexity Henry de LumleyPart I. African Origins, European Beginnings and World Prehistory:3. The origins of symbolism, spirituality & shamans? Exploring Middle Stone Age material culture in South Africa Christopher Henshilwood4. Neanderthal symbolic behaviour? Jane Renfrew5. Identifying ancient religious thought and iconography: problems of definition, preservation and interpretation Paul Taçon6. Situating the creative explosion: universal or local? Colin RenfrewPart II. Approaches to 'Art and Religion':7. The roots of art and religion in ancient material culture Merlin Donald8. The archaeology of early religious practices: a plea for a hypothesis-testing approach Francesco d'Errico9. Out of the mind: material culture and the supernatural Steven Mithen10. Of people and pictures: the nexus of Upper Palaeolithic religion, social discrimination and art David Lewis-Williams11. Music and ritual - parallels and practice, and the Upper Palaeolithic Iain MorleyPart III. The European Experience:12. Materiality and meaning-making in the understanding of the Palaeolithic 'arts' Margaret Conkey13. Sticking bones into cracks in the Upper Palaeolithic Jean Clottes14. Cognition and climate: why is Upper Palaeolithic cave art almost confined to the Franco-Cantabrian region? Paul MellarsPart IV. Reflections on the Origins of Spirituality:15. Interdisciplinary perspectives on human origins and religious awareness Wentzel Van Huyssteen16. Innovation in material and spiritual culture: exploring conjectured relationships Keith Ward.