The world-view of prehistoric man : papers presented at a symposium in Lund, 5-7 May, 1997, arranged by the Royal Academy of Letters, History, and Antiquities along with the Foundation Natur och Kultur, Publishers /

The world-view of prehistoric man : papers presented at a symposium in Lund, 5-7 May, 1997, arranged by the Royal Academy of Letters, History, and Antiquities along with the Foundation Natur och Kultur, Publishers /

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Imprint:	[Stockholm] : Kungl. Vitterhets, historie och antikvitets akademien, c1998.
Description:	274 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Konferenser, 0348-1433 ; 40 Konferenser (Kungl. Vitterhets, historie och antikvitets akademien) ; 40.
Subject:	Prehistoric peoples -- Congresses. Anthropology, Prehistoric -- Congresses. Anthropology, Prehistoric. Prehistoric peoples. Conference papers and proceedings.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3400747

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Other authors / contributors:	Larsson, Lars, 1947- Stjernquist, Berta. Kungl. Vitterhets, historie och antikvitets akademien. Natur och kultur (Publisher)
ISBN:	9174022792
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.

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Summary:	From the contents: The politics of scale and the experience of distance: the Bronze Age world system. - Changing world-view of prehistoric populations. - Otherness in prehistoric times. - The biological basis of social behaviour. - Opposition, hierarchy and gender in Aboriginal South America: linguistic and architectural homologies. - The Scandinavians' view of Europe in the Migration period. - Stones and mentality: a Megalithic tomb in Vale de Rodrigo, Southern Portugal. - The basic perception of religious activities at cult-sites such as springs, lakes and rivers. - Vingen revisited: a gender perspective on Hunters' rock art.
Physical Description:	274 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9174022792
ISSN:	0348-1433 ;