The mind in the cave /
By: Lewis-Williams, J. David
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Publisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2004Description: 320 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 0500284652; 9780500284650:; 9780500284650.Subject(s): Cave paintings -- History -- To 1500 | Art, Prehistoric![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographic references (page 299-314) and index.
Preface -- Three caves : three time-bytes -- Discovering human antiquity -- Seeking answers -- A creative illusion -- The matter of the mind -- Case study 1 : South African San Rock Art -- Case Study 2 : North American Rock Art -- An origin of image-making -- The cave in the mind -- Cave and community -- Cave and conflict -- Envoi.
The author combines a lifetime of anthropological research with the most recent neurological insights in this text. Illuminating glimpses into the ancient mind are interwoven with the self-evolving story of modern-day cave discoveries & research.