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A brilliantly argued and elegantly written examination of the intricate web of belief, myth and society in the Neolithic period.

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'A literary and scientific tour de force' - Nature
'An engaging, well-written and erudite book, which makes many suggestive observations and provides stimulating reading' - British Archaeology
'Gives us as clear a picture as I’ve seen of how the people of the New Stone Age thought, of the myths that sustained them and of what they really believed' - Sunday Telegraph
'Bold, provocative, scintillating … a brilliant synthesis of archaeology and human neurology … food for thought on every page' - Brian Fagan

Table of Contents
Preface • 1. The Revolutionary Neolithic • 2. The Consciousness Contract • 3. Seeing and Building a Cosmos • 4. Close Encounters with a Built Cosmos • 5. Domesticating Wild Nature • 6. Treasure the Dream Whatever the Terror • 7. The Mound in the Dark Grove • 8. Brú na Bóinne • 9. Religion de Profundis • 10. East is East and West is West

Inside the Neolithic Mind

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      Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
      Published 13 September 2018
      ISBN-13 9780500294413
      978-0500294413
      ISBN-10 0500294410
      Also in:
      Education History Archaeology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A brilliantly argued and elegantly written examination of the intricate web of belief, myth and society in the Neolithic period.

      Trade Review
      'A literary and scientific tour de force' - Nature
      'An engaging, well-written and erudite book, which makes many suggestive observations and provides stimulating reading' - British Archaeology
      'Gives us as clear a picture as I’ve seen of how the people of the New Stone Age thought, of the myths that sustained them and of what they really believed' - Sunday Telegraph
      'Bold, provocative, scintillating … a brilliant synthesis of archaeology and human neurology … food for thought on every page' - Brian Fagan

      Table of Contents
      Preface • 1. The Revolutionary Neolithic • 2. The Consciousness Contract • 3. Seeing and Building a Cosmos • 4. Close Encounters with a Built Cosmos • 5. Domesticating Wild Nature • 6. Treasure the Dream Whatever the Terror • 7. The Mound in the Dark Grove • 8. Brú na Bóinne • 9. Religion de Profundis • 10. East is East and West is West

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