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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464903003321

Autore

Gosso Fulvio <1954->

Titolo

The dream on the rock : visions of prehistory / / Fulvio Gosso and Peter Webster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-4384-4876-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (138 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WebsterPeter

Disciplina

709.01/13

Soggetti

Petroglyphs

Rock paintings

Art, Prehistoric

Shamanism in art

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""List of Tables and Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Foundations of the Research""; ""The “Religious� Problem and the Origins of Consciousness""; ""The Entoptic Phenomena""; ""The Psychoactive “Psychedelic� Substances""; ""Origins of Shamanism""; ""Evolutionary Models""; ""2 Sites of the Research""; ""Preface""; ""The American Colorado Plateau""; ""Latin America""; ""Tassili in the Sahara Desert""; ""Far-Eastern Siberia""; ""Europe and the New Sites""; ""The Cup Marks Phenomenon""; ""3 The Significance of the Research""

""Rock Art and Psychology""""Foundation Myths""; ""The Crisis of the Cultural Paradigm""; ""4 Origins of Psychedelia (Peter Webster)""; ""The Most Human Universal""; ""What Makyth a Man?""; ""Evolutionary Scenario""; ""Genetics to the Rescue""; ""The Trigger Event""; ""Climate Change""; ""The Long Winter""; ""Ethiopia""; ""Notes""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

"Examines the relationship between rock art, shamanism, and the origins of human existence"--Provided by publisher.