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Anthropomorphism, Anthropogenesis, Cognition / edited by Dragos Gheorghiu and Vincent Paladino.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anthropomorphism.
- Analogy.
- Cognition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iv, 210 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2024]
- Summary:
- Anthropomorphism could be described as a production of analogies generated by human cognition. It is present in the imaginary, mythologies, religions, and material culture of all ages. This book approaches anthropomorphism from the moment of anthropogenesis, tracing its presence in nature and material culture in prehistory and Antiquity.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents Page
- Contributors
- Introduction. Anthropomorphism, Anthropogenesis, Cognition
- Dragoş Gheorghiu
- 1. The Strengthening of the Central Nervous System in the Human Lineage
- Anne Dambricourt Malassé
- 2. Did the Vikings Really See Sea-serpents, and Did 'Peer Gynt' Meet Trolls?
- Torill Christine Lindstrøm
- 3. Echoes through Time of Myth, Metaphor and Memory
- Roberta Robin Dods
- 4. Images in Rocks as Interplay between Nature and Culture
- Luboš Chroustovský
- 5. Anthropomorphism: In Service to the Rational Mind and Technological Development
- Vincent C. Paladino
- 6. Places with Faces. Figures in a Landscape
- Paul Devereux
- 7. Witness Standing Stones and the Cosmic Order
- Gail Higginbottom
- 8. Rock Incarnations and Materializations at Myrina Kastro: The Figural and the Aniconic
- Christina Marangou
- 9. Anthropomorphism in Southern African Rock Art
- Petro Cecilia Keene
- 10. Stone-Atlantes: Anthropomorphic Metaphors of Force in Pre-Pottery Neolithic Architecture
- 11. Symbolism and Use of Birch Tree in the Bronze Age
- Pavol Jelínek and Lenka Horáková.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781789695007
- 1789695007
- OCLC:
- 1443932965
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