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... HUNTING , RITUAL , AND ART Behind the fine craftsmanship and expressive art that characterized the last phases of paleolithic culture was the mode of life brought about by speciali- zation in hunting big game . In this pursuit a more ...
... HUNTING , RITUAL , AND ART Behind the fine craftsmanship and expressive art that characterized the last phases of paleolithic culture was the mode of life brought about by speciali- zation in hunting big game . In this pursuit a more ...
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... hunting chief , finally walks onto the stage of civilized history , in the epic of Gilgamesh , and in the pre - dynastic Egyptian Hunter's Palette . As we shall shortly see , that combination of docile ritualistic conformity , an early ...
... hunting chief , finally walks onto the stage of civilized history , in the epic of Gilgamesh , and in the pre - dynastic Egyptian Hunter's Palette . As we shall shortly see , that combination of docile ritualistic conformity , an early ...
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... hunting that cul- tivated the initiative , the self - confidence , the ruthlessness that kings must exercise to achieve and retain command ; and it was the hunter's weapons that backed up his commands , whether rational or irrational ...
... hunting that cul- tivated the initiative , the self - confidence , the ruthlessness that kings must exercise to achieve and retain command ; and it was the hunter's weapons that backed up his commands , whether rational or irrational ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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