Inside the Neolithic Mind: Consciousness, Cosmos and the Realm of the Gods

by David Pearce (Author), David Pearce (Author), David Lewis-Williams (Author)

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2018
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This fascinating book continues the story begun in the bestselling and critically acclaimed book The Mind in the Cave. Drawing on the latest research and recent discoveries, the authors skilfully link material on human consciousness, imagery and belief systems to propose provocative new theories about the causes of an ancient revolution in cosmology, the origins of social complexity and even the drive behind the domestication of plants and animals. In doing so they create a fascinating neurological bridge to the mysterious thought-lives of the past and reveal the essence of a momentous period in human history.

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This fascinating book continues the story begun in the bestselling and critically acclaimed book The Mind in the Cave. Drawing on the latest research and recent discoveries, the authors skilfully link material on human consciousness, imagery and belief systems to propose provocative new theories about the causes of an ancient revolution in cosmology, the origins of social complexity and even the drive behind the domestication of plants and animals. In doing so they create a fascinating neurological bridge to the mysterious thought-lives of the past and reveal the essence of a momentous period in human history.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 320
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
Published: 13 Sep 2018
ISBN 10: 0500294410
ISBN 13: 9780500294413
Book Overview: A brilliantly argued and elegantly written examination of the intricate web of belief, myth and society in the Neolithic period

Media Reviews

'A literary and scientific tour de force' - Nature
'An engaging, well-written and erudite book, which makes many suggestive observations and provides stimulating reading' - British Archaeology
'Gives us as clear a picture as I've seen of how the people of the New Stone Age thought, of the myths that sustained them and of what they really believed' - Sunday Telegraph
'Bold, provocative, scintillating ... a brilliant synthesis of archaeology and human neurology ... food for thought on every page' - Brian Fagan

Author Bio

David Lewis-Williams is Professor Emeritus and Senior Mentor in the Rock Art Research Institute, University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg. Among his books are The Mind in the Cave, Inside the Neolithic Mind (with David Pearce) and The Shamans of Prehistory (with Jean Clottes). David Pearce is a researcher in the Rock Art Research Institute, University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg