{"product_id":"the-dawn-of-belief-d-bruce-dickson-9780816513369","title":"The Dawn of Belief: Religion in the Upper Paleolithic of Southwestern Europe","description":"\u003cb\u003eHunter-gatherers\u003c\/b\u003e of the Upper Paleolithic period of the late Pleistocene epoch in western Europe left a legacy of cave paintings and material remains that have long fascinated modern man. This book draws on theories derived from cultural anthropology and cognitive archaeology to propose a reconstruction of the religious life of those people based on the patterning and provenience of their artifacts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on the premises that all members of Homo sapiens sapiens share basically similar psychological processes and capabilities and that human culture is patterned, the author uses ethnographic analogy, inference from material patterns, and formal analysis to find in prehistoric imagery clues to the cosmology that lay behind them. The resulting book is an intriguing speculation on the nature of paleolithic religion, offering scholars a valuable synthesis of anthropological, archaeological, and sociological research, and general readers an accessible account of how our forebears may have regarded the unknown. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e D. Bruce Dickson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816513368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816513369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 5.99w x 0.81d","brand":"D. Bruce Dickson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995616870655,"sku":"9780816513369","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dedbe858-936f-4559-a730-be8587f7c5f0.jpg?v=1683336824","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dawn-of-belief-d-bruce-dickson-9780816513369","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}