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Newly available in paperback, this brilliantly argued and elegantly written book examines the intricate web of belief, myth and society in the Neolithic period, continuing the story begun in the bestselling and critically acclaimed book The Mind in the Cave. Drawing on the latest research, the authors skilfully link material on human consciousness, imagery and religious concepts to propose provocative new theories about the causes of an ancient revolution in cosmology, the origins of social complexity and even the drive behind the domestication of plants and animals.

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'Gives us as clear a picture as I've seen of how the people of the New Stone Age thought, of the myths that sustained them and of what they really believed' - Sunday Telegraph 'An adventure in the archaeology of religion ... of wide interest to the professional world and perhaps of even wider interest among general readers' - Choice 'An engaging, well-written and erudite book, which makes many suggestive observations and provides stimulating reading' - British Archaeology 'Bold, provocative, scintillating ... a brilliant synthesis of archaeology and human neurology. The authors break new ground and give one food for thought on every page' - Professor Brian Fagan

'Bold, provocative, scintillating ... a brilliant synthesis of archaeology and human neurology. The authors break new ground and give one food for thought on every page' - Professor Brian Fagan 'An engaging, well-written and erudite book, which makes many suggestive observations and provides stimulating reading' - British Archaeology 'An adventure in the archaeology of religion ... of wide interest to the professional world and perhaps of even wider interest among general readers' - Choice 'Gives us as clear a picture as I've seen of how the people of the New Stone Age thought, of the myths that sustained them and of what they really believed' - Sunday Telegraph

Features superb writing, lavishly illustrated descriptions . . . and a powerfully evocative stone-by-stone tour of the megalithic tombs. . . . Lewis-Williams and Pearce can be assured that their foray into the Neolithic mind will not be ignored.

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David Lewis-Williams is Professor Emeritus and Senior Mentor in the Rock Art Research Institute, University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg. Among his books are The Mind in the Cave, Inside the Neolithic Mind (with David Pearce) and The Shamans of Prehistory (with Jean Clottes). David Pearce is a researcher in the Rock Art Research Institute, University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg

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