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... vital role of containers : first hearths , pits , traps , cordage ; later , baskets , bins , byres , houses , to say nothing of still later col- lective containers like reservoirs , canals , cities . These 4 PROLOGUE.
... vital role of containers : first hearths , pits , traps , cordage ; later , baskets , bins , byres , houses , to say nothing of still later col- lective containers like reservoirs , canals , cities . These 4 PROLOGUE.
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... cities participated in these feats of power , these wonders of art , daily witnessing a life that was entirely beyond the reach of the humble peasant or herdsman . Even for the distant villager these monumental struc- tures served as ...
... cities participated in these feats of power , these wonders of art , daily witnessing a life that was entirely beyond the reach of the humble peasant or herdsman . Even for the distant villager these monumental struc- tures served as ...
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... cities The steadfast house the pickaxe builds The house which rebels against the king , The house which is not submissive to its king , The pickaxe makes it submissive to its king . Once the cult of kingship became firmly established ...
... cities The steadfast house the pickaxe builds The house which rebels against the king , The house which is not submissive to its king , The pickaxe makes it submissive to its king . Once the cult of kingship became firmly established ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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abstract achieved activities agriculture ancestors ancient animal Aurignacian became beginning Benedictine Bertrand Gille brain Bushmen Çatal Hüyük cave cave paintings century cities civilization command complex consciousness cosmic creature cultivation domestication dream earliest early man's economy economy of abundance effective effort Egypt Egyptian environment established esthetic evidence existence fact functions gods Homo sapiens human development hunter hunting images institution interpretation Iron Age king labor language later Leonardo machine Magdalenian magic means megamachine ment merely mesolithic Mesopotamia military mind mode modern myth nature neolithic Oakes Ames observation once organization original paintings paleolithic paleolithic art performed physical plants play possible practice primitive production rational religion ritual sacred sacrifice sexual significant social society species speech stone Sumer Sumerian survival symbolic technical Technics and Civilization thousand tion tool-making traits village watermill weapons whole words York