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The origins of religion in the Paleolithic / Gregory J. Wightman.
Penn Museum Library GN799.R4 W54 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wightman, G. J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion, Prehistoric.
- Prehistoric peoples--Psychology.
- Prehistoric peoples.
- Material culture.
- Cognition and culture.
- Paleolithic period.
- Archaeology and religion.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 293 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- Part I. The Embodied Brain : Neuropsychology and Religious Ritual. 2. Mirroring and empathy ; 3. Acting in concert ; 4. The malleable brain ; 5. Ritualizing sound and movement ; 6. Projecting the self ; 7. External agents ; 8. Language, ritual, and religion ; 9. Dynamic fields of consciousness ; 10. Private and corporate ritual
- Part II. The Embedded Body : From Routines to Rituals through Material Engagements. 11. First stirrings ; 12. Negotiating land ; 13. Tools, minds, and rituals ; 14. Making a mark ; 15. Death and beyond ; 16. African sapients, 200-50 kya ; 17. The emergence of religious ritual.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-277) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781442242890
- 1442242892
- OCLC:
- 892514361
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