The cave and the cathedral: how a real-life Indiana Jones and a renegade scholar decoded the ancient art of man
Aczel, Amir D
Popular science writer Aczel examines French (and some Spanish) cave drawings and the theories scientists have put forward to explain them, including religious iconography, hunting trophies, and a leap in human brain development.;The adventure of Niaux -- The greatest mystery -- The Neanderthal enigma -- The roots of language -- Abbé Breuil -- Font-de-Gaume and Combarelles -- The tale of a missing dog -- The sign of the bull and the legend of the minotaur -- Rouffignac and Pech Merle -- The discovery of Lascaux -- The enigma of the pit -- The groundbreaking work of Annette Laming-Emperaire -- Prehistoric objets d'art -- The sign of the hand -- The legend of the white lady -- Shamans of the tundra -- Stonehenge and signs in the sky -- The Mediterranean, Australia, and Patagonia -- Leroi-Gourhan's theory -- The relationship between signs and animals -- The Chauvet cave.
الفئات:
عام:
2011
الناشر:
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
اللغة:
english
ISBN 10:
1282548069
ISBN 13:
9781282548060
ملف:
EPUB, 2.00 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2011