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name→ title
An enquiring mind : studies in honor of Alexander Marshack / edited by Paul G. Bahn
vernon_id
16041
accession_no→ accession_number
11957
vernon_slug
an-enquiring-mind-studies-in-honor-of-alexander-marshack-edited-by-paul-g-bahn
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On Shelf
location_name
Zone N4/Level 2 (Mezzanine)/Phrontisterion/MONA
location_reason
On Shelf
isbn_issn→ isbn (when valid)
9781842173831
production_date
2009
object_type
Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication
object_status
Accessioned
brief_description
A festschrift in honour of Alexander Marshack who single-handedly revolutionized the field of Paleolithic art research.
1. Introduction (Elaine Marshack) 2. Alexander Marshack and Harvard University's Peabody Museum (C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky) 3. Calendars, Cosmologies, and the Unwritten Record in Ancient Mesoamerica (Anthony Aveni) 4. First Things First: Abstract and Figurative Artistic Expressions in the Levant (Anna Belfer-Cohen and Ofer Bar-Yosef) 5. Seals from the Magdalenian site of Gonnersdorf (Rhineland, Germany) (Gerhard Bosinski and Hannelore Bosinski) 6. Support for a New Sky Hero from a Conquered Land (John Clegg) 7. Eye and Vision in Paleolithic Art (Brigitte and Gilles Delluc) 8. The Oldest Representation of Childbirth (Francesco d'Errico) 9. Hunting the European Sky Bears: A Diachronic Analysis of Santa Claus and His Helpers (Roslyn Frank) 10. After the Ice Age: How Calendar-Keeping Shaped Early Social Structuring (Michael Hudson) 11. The Crow, the Cup, and the Water Snake: Celestial Seasonality of Figs and Rain (E. C. Krupp) 12. Claw Marks and Ritual Traces in the Paleolithic Sanctuaries of the Quercy (Michel Lorblanchet) 13. Alexander Marshack: His Original Views and Thoughts. A Remarkable Contribution to the Evolution of Research: the Contribution of a Fascinating Session of Work at Gouy (Yves Martin) 14. The Venus of Macomer: A Little-Known Prehistoric Figurine from Sardinia (Margherita Mussi) 15. Chasing Thoughts Lost Thirty Millennia Ago (Elena Okladnikova) 16. Paleolithic Mosaics (Marcel Otte) 17. The Chauvet Conundrum: Are Claims for the "Birthplace of Art" Premature? (Paul Pettitt, Paul Bahn, and Christian Zuchner) 18. Communication with Symbols: Art and Writing (Denise Schmandt-Besserat) 19. Four Forms of Finger Flutings as Seen in Rouffignac Cave, France (Kevin Sharpe and Leslie Van Gelder) 20. Defining Modernity, Establishing Rubicons, Imagining the Other - and the Neanderthal Enigma (Olga Soffer) 21. Evolution and the Human Capacity (Ian Tattersall) 22. Jean Vertut (Alexander Marshack, with an introduction by Paul Bahn)
authors→ author (initial fill only)
Paul G. Bahn
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Auxiliary sciences of history, Art, Arts, Science, Life sciences, Sculpture, Persons, Social sciences, Civilisation, Sociology, Astronomy, Physical sciences, Calendars, Chronology, Historical, Communication, Decorative arts, Design, Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.), Evolution (Biology), Biology, Manners and customs, Human evolution, Masks, Costume, Clothing and dress, Neanderthals, Fossil hominids, Human remains (Archaeology), Mosaics, Decoration and ornament, Small sculpture, Stone age, Art and society, Signs and symbols, Visual communication, Figurines, Paleolithic period, Sky, Constellations, Art, Prehistoric, Cave paintings, Rock paintings, Costume design, Heroes, Seasons in art
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19030