Homo Symbolicus by Christopher S. Henshilwood
The Dawn of Language, Imagination and Spirituality
An interdisciplinary collection exploring the origins of symbolic behavior in early modern humans, synthesizing archaeological, cognitive, and linguistic evidence to trace the deep roots of language, art, ritual, and spirituality. Drawing on artifacts such as engraved ochre, shell beads, and rock art—especially from southern African sites—it evaluates the social and cognitive conditions that enabled symbolism, debates the capacities of Neanderthals, and shows how material culture reveals imagination, identity, and meaning in the Middle and Later Stone Age.
- Published
- 2011
- Nationality
- South African
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- Unknown
- Original Language
- English
- Avg User Rating
- No ratings yet
- Alternate Titles
- None
This book is not currently on any lists.