Emerging from the narrow underground passages into the chambers of caves such as Lascaux, Chauvet, and Altamira, visitors are confronted with symbols, patterns, and depictions of bison, woolly mammoths, ibexes, and other animals. The breathtakingly beautiful art created deep inside the caves of western Europe has the power to dazzle even the most jaded observers. Readers undertaking tertiary archaeology courses interested in the art of the Asia-Pacific region or human behavioural evolution, along with anyone who is fascinated by the development of our modern ability to decorate ourselves and our world, should find this book a good addition to their library.Äownload The Mind in the Cave Consciousness and the Origins of Art Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle This volume provides the first outline of what this region has to offer to the world of art in archaeology. Despite these significant discoveries and exciting potentials, there is a curious absence of published information about Asia-Pacific region, and consequently, global narratives of our most celebrated cognitive accomplishment - art - has consistently underrepresented the contribution of Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Archaeological discoveries in Africa now show that modern humans were practicing symbolic behaviours prior to their dispersal from that continent, and more recent discoveries in Indonesia and Australia are once again challenging ideas about human cultural development. Until recently, it was believed that our capacity for language and art only developed after some of our ancestors reached Europe around 40,000 years ago. The development of complex cultural behaviour in our own species is perhaps the most significant research issue in modern archaeology. Download The Archaeology of Portable Art Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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