The prehistory of the mind : the cognitive origins of art, religion and science /
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| Author / Creator: | Mithen, Steven J. |
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| Edition: | 1st paperback ed. |
| Imprint: | London ; New York : Thames and Hudson, 1999, c1996. |
| Description: | 288 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8957296 |
Table of Contents:
- Why ask an archaeologist about the human mind?
- The drama of our past
- The architecture of the modern mind
- A new proposal for the mind's evolution
- Apes, monkeys and the mind of the missing link
- The mind of the first stone toolmaker
- The multiple intelligences of the early human mind
- Trying to think like a Neanderthal
- The big bang of human culture: the origins of art and religion
- So how did it happen?
- The evolution of the mind
- Epilogue: The origins of agriculture.