Description
Offers a stunning archaeological and art historical exploration of the changing traditions of belief in pre-Bronze and Bronze Age North Asia
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations: Maps, FiguresPrefaceChapter One: The Transformation of Image, Object and Belief in Prehistoric North AsiaChapter Two: The Appearance of the Animal MotherChapter Three: The Persistence of Liminal BeingsChapter Four: The Mother of AnimalsChapter Five: The Emergence of Pictorial NarrativeChapter Six: Intimations of Death and TransformationChapter Seven: The End of Naturalism in Nomadic ArtChapter Eight: The Pivot Between Life and DeathChapter Nine: Traces of Ancient BeliefsChapter Ten: The Archaeology of BeliefAppendix: The Dating of Rock ArtList of AbbreviationsBibliographyIndex
