Shamans of the Lost World
A Cognitive Approach to the Prehistoric Religion of the Ohio Hopewell
1st Edition
Published on 16. October 2009
270 pages
978-0-7591-1907-9 (ISBN)
Description
Shamans of the Lost World bridges the gap between recent work in the cognitive sciences and some of humankind's oldest religious expressions. In this detailed look at the prehistoric shamanism of the Ohio Hopewell, Romain uses cognitive science, archaeology, and ethnology to propose that the shamanic world view results from psychological mechanisms that have a basis in our cognitive evolutionary development. The discussions in this volume of the most current theories concerning how early peoples came to believe in spirits and gods, as well as how those theories help account for what we find in the archaeological record of the Hopewell, are of interest to archaeologists and cognitive scientists alike.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
CA
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-7591-1907-9 (9780759119079)
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William F. Romain
Shamans of the Lost World
A Cognitive Approach to the Prehistoric Religion of the Ohio Hopewell
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10/2009
AltaMira Press
€157.60
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Person
William F. Romain is a research associate at Ohio State University and author of Mysteries of the Hopewell: Astronomers, Geometers, and Magicians of the Eastern Woodland.
Content
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Theoretical Background and Methods
Chapter 3. Hopewell Shamans
Chapter 4. Hopewell Cosmology: Part I
Chapter 5. Hopewell Cosmology: Part II
Chapter 6. Roles of the Hopewell Shaman
Chapter 7. Ways of the Hopewell Shaman
Chapter 8. Afterword
Chapter 2. Theoretical Background and Methods
Chapter 3. Hopewell Shamans
Chapter 4. Hopewell Cosmology: Part I
Chapter 5. Hopewell Cosmology: Part II
Chapter 6. Roles of the Hopewell Shaman
Chapter 7. Ways of the Hopewell Shaman
Chapter 8. Afterword
