Anthropomorphism, Anthropogenesis, Cognition
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Anthropomorphism, Anthropogenesis, Cognition

Drago? Gheorghiu,Vincent Paladino

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Anthropomorphism, Anthropogenesis, Cognition

Drago? Gheorghiu,Vincent Paladino

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Anthropomorphism could be described as a production of analogies generated by human cognition. As a result, anthropomorphism is a universal cultural trait present in all cultures at all times, and one of the cognitive fundamentals of humankind: that of projecting a human corporal image over the surrounding world. It is present in the imaginary, mythologies, religions, and material culture of all ages, being an important subject of archaeology.

This book approaches anthropomorphism from the moment of anthropogenesis, tracing its presence in nature and material culture in prehistory and Antiquity.

The cover image serves as a metaphor, joining together two perceptions of anthropomorphism: a rational one, that of the female columns at the Erechtheion temple in Athens; and a case of pareidolia, namely a figure with outstretched arms on a rock pillar at the Externsteine rocks in Germany.

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Publisher
Archaeopress Archaeology
Year
2024
ISBN
9781789695007
Topic
Ciencias sociales
Subtopic
Arqueología

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents Page
  5. Contributors
  6. Introduction. Anthropomorphism, Anthropogenesis, Cognition
  7. 1. The Strengthening of the Central Nervous System in the Human Lineage
  8. 2. Did the Vikings Really See Sea-serpents, and Did ‘Peer Gynt’ Meet Trolls?
  9. 3. Echoes through Time of Myth, Metaphor and Memory
  10. 4. Images in Rocks as Interplay between Nature and Culture
  11. 5. Anthropomorphism: In Service to the Rational Mind and Technological Development
  12. 6. Places with Faces. Figures in a Landscape
  13. 7. Witness Standing Stones and the Cosmic Order
  14. 8. Rock Incarnations and Materializations at Myrina Kastro: The Figural and the Aniconic
  15. 9. Anthropomorphism in Southern African Rock Art
  16. 10. Stone-Atlantes: Anthropomorphic Metaphors of Force in Pre-Pottery Neolithic Architecture
  17. 11. Symbolism and Use of Birch Tree in the Bronze Age