Books written by J. David Lewis-Williams
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San Rock Art
... 52, 53, 54, 69, 105, 124 Maggs, Tim 42 Maloti Mountains 31, 51, 55, 66, 104 Mapote 125–6, 130, 134–5 Marshall family 59 Marshall, John 59, 134 Marshall, Lorna 70 Mbeki, Thabo 7, 17, 27, 136 medicine song 132 mythology 46 Namibia 27, ...
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San Rock Art
Taking as his starting point the magnificent Linton panel in the Iziko-South African Museum in Cape Town, J. D. Lewis-Williams examines the artistic and cultural significance of rock art and how this art sheds light on how San image-makers ...
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Inside the Neolithic Mind: Consciousness, Cosmos and the Realm of the Gods
An exploration of how brain structure and cultural systems developed throughout the Neolithic period 10,000 years ago explains how unique life patterns and belief systems evolved in the Near East and western Europe, revealing how ...
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Believing and Seeing: Symbolic Meanings in Southern San Rock Paintings
Believing and Seeing: Symbolic Meanings in Southern San Rock Paintings
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The mind in the cave: consciousness and the origins of art : with 94 illustrations, 27 in colour
The breathtakingly beautiful art created deep inside the caves of western Europe has the power to dazzle even the most jaded observers.
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San Spirituality: Roots, Expression, and Social Consequences
For students of anthropology, archaeology, religion, and African studies, this volume will be essential and fascinating reading.
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A Cosmos in Stone: Interpreting Religion and Society Through Rock Art
Collected articles of the world's preeminent rock art researchers and cognitive archaeologists.
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Fragile Heritage: A Rock Art Fieldguide
Designed as a handy fieldguide for rock art enthusiasts, this book covers the most important and accessible rock art sites in South Africa open to visitors and protected from destruction.
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Deciphering Ancient Minds: The Mystery of San Bushman Rock Art
Goes to the heart of contemporary arguments about the "primitive" and the "modern" minds, and draws new social, anthropological, and ethnographic conclusions about the nature of ancient societies.
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The Rock Art of Southern Africa
The Rock Art of Southern Africa
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Images of Power: Understanding Bushman Rock Art
Images of Power: Understanding Bushman Rock Art
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Contested Images: Diversity in Southern African Rock Art Research
This volume brings together the work of a number of scholars in the field of rock art studies who engage the so-called trance hypothesis in terms of their own empirical...
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A Cosmos in Stone: Interpreting Religion and Society Through Rock Art
J. David Lewis-Williams is world renowned for his work on the rock art of Southern Africa. In this volume, Lewis-Williams describes the key steps in his evolving journey to understand...
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Deciphering Ancient Minds
Deciphering Ancient Minds
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Images of Power: Understanding San Rock Art
This text draws on records of San beliefs which were recorded verbatim during the 1870s, as well as on research done with the living Kalahari San, to reveal the true meaning of San rock art.
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Discovering Southern African Rock Art
A book on the ancient rock art of the San -- the story behind the research.