The nature of Paleolithic art / R. Dale Guthrie.

Author/creator Guthrie, R. Dale, 1936-
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
Descriptionxii, 507 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
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Subjects

Contents Drawn from life -- Paleolithic artists as naturalists -- Tracking down the Pleistocene artists: the unemphasized role of children -- Testosterone events and Paleolithic imagery -- The art of hunting large mammals -- Full-figured women--in ivory and in life -- The evolution of art behavior in the Paleolithic -- Bands to tribes: the end of the Pleistocene and the extinguishing of Paleolithic art -- Throwing the bones: Paleolithic art and the evolution of the supernatural.
Local noteLittle-346287--305131051851X
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 473-496) and index.
LCCN 2004014399
ISBN0226311260 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780226311265 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks GN772 .G87 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold