Anthropomorphism, Anthropogenesis, Cognition
Edited by Dragoş Gheorghiu Edited by Vincent Paladino
Paperback (Published)
(June 2024)
ISBN: 9781789694994
6.85 x 9.65 inches
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Anthropomorphism could be described as a production of analogies generated by human cognition. It is present in the imaginary, mythologies, religions, and material culture of all ages. This book approaches anthropomorphism from the moment of anthropogenesis, tracing its presence in nature and material culture in prehistory and Antiqu
Anthropomorphism could be described as a production of analogies generated by human cognition. As a result, anthropomorphism is a universal cultural trait present in all cultures at all times, and one of the cognitive fundamentals of humankind: that of projecting a human corporal image over the surrounding world. It is present in the imaginary, mythologies, religions, and material culture of all ages, being an important subject of archaeology. This book approaches anthropomorphism from the moment of anthropogenesis, tracing its presence in nature and material culture in prehistory and Antiquity. The cover image serves as a metaphor, joining together two perceptions of anthropomorphism: a rational one, that of the female columns at the Erechtheion temple in Athens; and a case of pareidolia, namely a figure with outstretched arms on a rock pillar at the Externsteine rocks in Germany.
Introduction. Anthropomorphism, Anthropogenesis, Cognition - Dragos Gheorghiu 1. The Strengthening of the Central Nervous System in the Human Lineage and the Emergence of Shamanism - Anne Dambricourt Malasse 2. Did the Vikings Really See Sea-serpents, and Did 'Peer Gynt' Meet Trolls? Ancient Evolutionary Brain-benefits - Still Vibrant in our Perception - Torill Christine Lindstrom 3. Echoes through Time of Myth, Metaphor and Memory - Roberta Robin Dods 4. Images in Rocks as Interplay between Nature and Culture - Lubos Chroustovsky 5. Anthropomorphism: In Service to the Rational Mind and Technological Development - Vincent C. Paladino 6. Places with Faces. Figures in a Landscape - Paul Devereux 7. Witness Standing Stones and the Cosmic Order - Gail Higginbottom 8. Rock Incarnations and Materializations at Myrina Kastro: The Figural and the Aniconic - Christina Marangou 9. Anthropomorphism in Southern African Rock Art - Petro Cecilia Keene 10. Stone-Atlantes: Anthropomorphic Metaphors of Force in Pre-Pottery Neolithic Architecture in Mesopotamia - Dragos Gheorghiu 11. Symbolism and Use of Birch Tree in the Bronze Age - Pavol Jelinek and Lenka Horakova,
Introduction. Anthropomorphism, Anthropogenesis, Cognition – Dragoş Gheorghiu
1. The Strengthening of the Central Nervous System in the Human Lineage and the Emergence of Shamanism – Anne Dambricourt Malassé
2. Did the Vikings Really See Sea-serpents, and Did ‘Peer Gynt’ Meet Trolls? Ancient Evolutionary Brain-benefits – Still Vibrant in our Perception – Torill Christine Lindstrøm
3. Echoes through Time of Myth, Metaphor and Memory – Roberta Robin Dods
4. Images in Rocks as Interplay between Nature and Culture – Luboš Chroustovský
5. Anthropomorphism: In Service to the Rational Mind and Technological Development – Vincent C. Paladino
6. Places with Faces. Figures in a Landscape – Paul Devereux
7. Witness Standing Stones and the Cosmic Order – Gail Higginbottom
8. Rock Incarnations and Materializations at Myrina Kastro: The Figural and the Aniconic – Christina Marangou
9. Anthropomorphism in Southern African Rock Art – Petro Cecilia Keene
10. Stone-Atlantes: Anthropomorphic Metaphors of Force in Pre-Pottery Neolithic Architecture in Mesopotamia – Dragoş Gheorghiu
11. Symbolism and Use of Birch Tree in the Bronze Age – Pavol Jelínek and Lenka Horáková
- Edited by Dragoş Gheorghiu
- Edited by Vincent Paladino
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