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Page 123
... symbolic concentration on sex , the first evidences of hearth and home as central to a settled life appear : a mutant in hunting culture that became a dominant in the succeeding phases of neolithic cul- ture , and has remained a ...
... symbolic concentration on sex , the first evidences of hearth and home as central to a settled life appear : a mutant in hunting culture that became a dominant in the succeeding phases of neolithic cul- ture , and has remained a ...
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... symbolic , 82 ; symbolic agents of , 27 ; symbolic form of , 63 ; words as containers of , 87 Mechanical control , secret of , 192 Mechanical invention , lim- itations of , 289 ; new , 283 ; tempo of , 285 Mechanical precision , pas ...
... symbolic , 82 ; symbolic agents of , 27 ; symbolic form of , 63 ; words as containers of , 87 Mechanical control , secret of , 192 Mechanical invention , lim- itations of , 289 ; new , 283 ; tempo of , 285 Mechanical precision , pas ...
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... Symbolic advances , paleo- lithic , 123 Symbolic expression , be- ginnings of , 85 Symbolic form , 35 Symbolic impressions , reg- istration of , 28 Symbolic ritual , 65 Symbolic structures , feat of constructing , 79 Symbolic thinking ...
... Symbolic advances , paleo- lithic , 123 Symbolic expression , be- ginnings of , 85 Symbolic form , 35 Symbolic impressions , reg- istration of , 28 Symbolic ritual , 65 Symbolic structures , feat of constructing , 79 Symbolic thinking ...
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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 increase 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 species speech stone Sumer Sumerian survival symbolic technical Technics and Civilization thousand tion tool-making traits village watermill weapons whole words York