Nature of Paleolithic Art

Name: Nature of Paleolithic Art
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ISBN: 9780226311265

ISBN-10: 0226311260

ISBN-13: 9780226311265

Edition: 2005

Authors: R. Dale Guthrie

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Featuring more than 3,000 images, this volume offers a comprehensive representation of paleolithic art together with a radically new method of interpretation. Guthrie employs a mix of ethnology, evolutionary biology, & human universals to access remote cultures, their art & artefacts.

Book details

List price: $63.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 2/1/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 520
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.630
Language: English

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Preface: Reassembling the Bones


Note on the Illustrations



Drawn from Life



Paleolithic Artists as Naturalists



Tracking Down the Pleistocene Artists: The Unemphasized Role of Children



Testosterone Events and Paleolithic Imagery



The Art of Hunting Large Mammals



Full-Figured Women-In Ivory and in Life



The Evolution of Art Behavior in the Paleolithic



Bands to Tribes: The End of the Pleistocene and the Extinguishing of Paleolithic Art



Throwing the Bones: Paleolithic Art and the Evolution of the Supernatural



Paleolithic Handprint Analysis, by Arny Blanchard



An Intuitive Way to Look at the Hand Biometrics Using Bivariate Plots


Some Words of Thanks


References


Index