The Mind in the Cave

The Mind in the Cave Consciousness and the Origins of Art

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Publisher's Synopsis

What does the breathtakingly beautiful art depicted on the walls of caves such as Lascaux, Chauvet and Altamira, tell us about the nature of the ancestral mind? How did these images spring, seemingly from nowhere into the human story?

The Mind in the Cave puts forward the most plausible explanation yet proposed for the origins of image-making and art. This is a masterful piece of detective work, casting light on the darkest mysteries of our earliest ancestors and on the nature of our own consciousness and experience.

Book information

ISBN: 9780500284650
Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
Imprint: Thames and Hudson
Pub date:
DEWEY: 759.0113
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 442g
Height: 231mm
Width: 158mm
Spine width: 27mm