How ancient europeans saw the world: vision, patterns, and the shaping of the mind in prehistoric times
Auteur :
Wells, Peter S.
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691166759
Date de publication :
23 juin 2015
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
454 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The peoples who inhabited Europe during the two millennia before the Roman conquests had established urban centers, large-scale production of goods such as pottery and iron tools, a money economy, and elaborate rituals and ceremonies. Yet as Peter Wells argues here, the visual world of these late prehistoric communities was profoundly different fro