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Some interesting bits of archaeology news… The oldest yet-dicovered paintings of signs/symbols in central europe have been found in southern Germany – central europe is not known for much cro-magnon era painting. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111108075401.htm Three of the new painting show double rows of red dots on limestone cobbles, while one painted fragment may originate [...] An IO9 article worth taking a look at if you are interested in archaeology and what it tells us about the evolution of mind and consciousness. What do ancient penis decorations say about us? Enter Spanish researchers Javier Angulo and Marcos García, who since 2003 have devoted thousands of hours to cataloguing depictions [...] One of the topics I tend to emphasize is that the ability to think abstractly, to use signs symbols and language, is THE important human invention that led to the type of complex mind and memory systems (including the external memory systems of language, imagery, alphanumerics, writing, and now digitization) that make our [...] The ancient world and it’s part in the evolution of our current kind of mind seems to be a theme for me these days. So here’s a bit more, inspired by a recent post on metafilter about the Bradshaws, rock paintings in Australia. From the excellent cave and rock art site named after those paintings, [...] One of my favorite things in the world is Lascaux. This cro-magnon painted cave temple is one of the most fascinating creations of prehistory, and arguably one of the most significant discoveries in the history of religion, art, AND writing and communcations and the human brain. So it’s always a thrill to see new Lascaux [...] Altho it seems like common sense that humans have used feasting ritually for a long long time, common sense can often be misleading. So it’s interesting to see what may be confirmation of a funeral feast for a shamaness in the shadowy era between the time of the great great cave paintings and the paleolithic [...] |
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