David Lewis-Williams is Professor Emeritus and Senior Mentor in the Rock Art Research Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. He is world-renowned for his lifetime”s work on ancient rock art. His many books include “Conceiving God: The Cognitive Origin and Evolution of Religion”, “Inside the Neolithic Mind: Consciousness, Cosmos and the Realm of the Gods” (with David Pearce), “The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art” and “The Shamans of Prehistory: Trance and Magic in the Painted Caves” (with Jean Clottes).Sam Challis is a rock art specialist at the Rock Art Research Institute, lecturing for the Department of Archaeology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. He has a doctorate from Oxford University examining the impact of the horse on hunter-gatherers and on their rock art in southern Africa. He has also undertaken expeditions to find and publish Saharan rock art.
2 Ebooks por Sam Challis
David Lewis-Williams & Sam Challis: Deciphering Ancient Minds: The Mystery of San Bushmen Rock Art
Goes to the heart of contemporary arguments about the ‘primitive’ and the ‘modern’ minds, and draws new social, anthropological, and ethnographic conclusions about the nature of ancient societies. Ho …
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Sam Challis & Joakim Goldhahn: Powerful Pictures: Rock Art Research Histories around the World
Focusing on stunning paintings and engravings from around the world, Powerful Pictures interrogates the driving forces behind global rock art research. Many of the rock art motifs featured in the 16 …
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