Inside the Neolithic Mind: Consciousness, Cosmos, and the Realm of the Gods

David Lewis-Williams; David Pearce

ISBN 10: 0500051380 / ISBN 13: 9780500051382

Published by Thames & Hudson, New York, 2005

About this Item

First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo in stamped blue cloth w/silver spine titles. Fine and unmarked book in About Fine DJ w/light wrinkle at top edge. 320pp inc. Notes, Bibliography/Further Reading, Index; illustrated in drawings, color photos. 320 p.

Seller Inventory # 041197

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Inside the Neolithic Mind: Consciousness, Cosmos, and the Realm of the Gods
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson, New York
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500051380
• ISBN 13: 9780500051382
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: About Fine
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Non-Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

This brilliantly argued and elegantly written book examines the intricate web of belief, myth and society in the Neolithic period, continuing the story begun in the bestselling and critically acclaimed book The Mind in the Cave. Drawing on the latest research, the authors skilfully link material on human consciousness, imagery and religious concepts to propose provocative new theories about the causes of an ancient revolution in cosmology, the origins of social complexity and even the drive behind the domestication of plants and animals.

About the Authors

David Lewis-Williams is Professor Emeritus and Senior Mentor in the Rock Art Research Institute, University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg. Among his books are The Mind in the Cave, Inside the Neolithic Mind (with David Pearce) and The Shamans of Prehistory (with Jean Clottes).

David Pearce is a researcher in the Rock Art Research Institute, University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg