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The Singing Neanderthals
Author | : Steven Mithen |
Publsiher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2011-12-30 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781780222585 |
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A fascinating and incisive examination of our language instinct from award-winning science writer Steven Mithen. Along with the concepts of consciousness and intelligence, our capacity for language sits right at the core of what makes us human. But while the evolutionary origins of language have provoked speculation and impassioned debate, music has been neglected if not ignored. Like language it is a universal feature of human culture, one that is a permanent fixture in our daily lives. In THE SINGING NEANDERTHALS, Steven Mithen redresses the balance, drawing on a huge range of sources, from neurological case studies through child psychology and the communication systems of non-human primates to the latest paleoarchaeological evidence. The result is a fascinating and provocative work and a succinct riposte to those, like Steven Pinker, who have dismissed music as a functionless and unimportant evolutionary byproduct.
Land of the Ilich
Author | : Steven Mithen |
Publsiher | : Birlinn Ltd |
Total Pages | : 598 |
Release | : 2021-11-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781788853095 |
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As an archaeologist, Steven Mithen has worked on the Hebridean island of Islay over a period of many years. In this book he introduces the sites and monuments and tells the story of the island's people from the earliest stone age hunter-gatherers to those who lived in townships and in the grandeur of Islay House. He visits the tombs of Neolithic farmers, forts of Iron Age chiefs and castles of medieval warlords, discovers where Bronze Age gold was found, treacherous plots were made against the Scottish crown, and explores the island of today, which was forged more recently by those who mined for lead, grew flax, fished for herring and distilled whisky – the industry for which the island is best known today. Although an island history, this is far from an insular story: Islay has always been at a cultural crossroads, receiving a constant influx of new people and new ideas, making it a microcosm for the story of Scotland, Britain and beyond.
The Prehistory of Music
Author | : Iain Morley |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2013-10 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780199234080 |
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This volume investigates the evolutionary origins of our musical abilities, the nature of music, and the earliest archaeological evidence for musical activities amongst our ancestors. It seeks to understand the relationship between our musical capabilities and the development of our social, emotional, and communicative abilities as a species.
Buried Alive
Author | : Jack Cuozzo |
Publsiher | : New Leaf Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780890512388 |
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Argues that Neanderthal skeletons are the remains of post flood very old biblical patriarchs.
How To Think Like a Neandertal
Author | : Thomas Wynn,Frederick L. Coolidge |
Publsiher | : OUP USA |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2012-01-26 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 9780199742820 |
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In this book, the authors provide a fascinating narrative of the mental life of Neandertals, to the extent that it can be reconstructed from fossil and archaeological remains.
Thirst
Author | : Steven Mithen |
Publsiher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 2012-08-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780297864813 |
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Steven Mithen's unique history of water and society in the ancient world has never been told before and is particularly relevant today in the face of global climate change. The planet faces a 21st-century global water crisis - but to what extent is this really new? Past societies and ancient civilisations have always faced climate change and been dependent on their ability to harness and manage a water supply. This has often been a key driver of historical change, leading to some of the most remarkable engineering projects of antiquity. In THIRST, renowned archaeologist and prehistorian Steven Mithen examines the history of water management in the ancient world. From the first flushing toilets at Knossos on Minoan Crete to the aqueducts of Petra and the Incas, from the bath houses of Rome to the canals of ancient China and the vast reservoirs of the Khmer and Maya civilisations, water management is shown to have been not only essential for human survival but a source of political power. It will remain so as we face global climate change, population growth and mega-urbanisation on a massive scale. So, does the past give us reason for hope or for despair?
The Prehistory of the Mind
Author | : Steven J. Mithen |
Publsiher | : Orion Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 357 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Art, Prehistoric |
ISBN | : 075380204X |
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Since the 1980s consensus opinion is that the mind is like a collection of specialised modules each tasked for a specific purpose. The author seeks to elucidate and account for this theory and explain what it means to be human in this context.
Emotion and Meaning in Music
Author | : Leonard B. Meyer |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : UOM:49015000730219 |
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"Altogether it is a book that should be required reading for any student of music, be he composer, performer, or theorist. It clears the air of many confused notions . . . and lays the groundwork for exhaustive study of the basic problem of music theory and aesthetics, the relationship between pattern and meaning."—David Kraehenbuehl, Journal of Music Theory "This is the best study of its kind to have come to the attention of this reviewer."—Jules Wolffers, The Christian Science Monitor "It is not too much to say that his approach provides a basis for the meaningful discussion of emotion and meaning in all art."—David P. McAllester, American Anthropologist "A book which should be read by all who want deeper insights into music listening, performing, and composing."—Marcus G. Raskin, Chicago Review