Ancestors, territoriality, and Gods : a natural history of religion /: a natural history of religion. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ina Wunn, Davina Grojnowski.
• Authors: Wunn, Ina; Grojnowski, Davina
• Contents: Of Men and Apes -- The Crux of a Darwinian Approach to Evolution -- The Question of When? (Lower Palaeolithic, c. 2.6 mybp -- 300, 000 ybp) -- My Cave is my Castle -- Middle Palaeolithic, Territoriality, and Death -- Existential Fears -- and an Excursus in Art History -- A Forest of Symbols -- the Art of the European Upper Palaeolithic (40, 000-12, 000ybp) -- The Change of Imagery (the Central European Mesolithic, approx. 9, 600-5, 800 ybp) -- Aedificio Ergo Sum (I build, thus I am). Early Settlers in the Fertile Crescent -- The village, the ritual, and death -- Ex Oriente Lux: Neolithic ideology becomes popular -- Heroes, Gods, Sanctuaries -- the male Principle and collective Cult -- The exchange of gifts and the Underworld: Malta -- The Double Axe and the Bull -- a Pantheon Develops.
• Publisher Details: Berlin : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 200; Religion -- History; Religion, Prehistoric; Religion and civilization; Cultural property -- Religious aspects; Evolution (Biology) -- Religious aspects; RELIGION -- Comparative Religion; RELIGION -- Essays; RELIGION -- Reference; Evolution (Biology) -- Religious aspects; Religion; Religion and civilization; Religion, Prehistoric; Religious Studies; Religious Studies, general; Behavioral Sciences; Archaeology; Cultural Heritage; Evolutionary Biology; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783662527573; 3662527553; 9783662527559
• Related ISBNs: 366252757X; 9783662527559
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 15, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.