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In 1958, geophysicist A. G. Lewis travelled to the Antarctic to investigate the landscapes and skies of that vast and icy continent.Now Elizabeth Lewis Williams traces her father’s journeys, from the Peninsula to Mt Erebus. They are real, imagined, and artistic journeys, exploring communication across time and space, and experiments in scientific and poetic measure.Erebus transports us to an Antarctic of paradox. A land where perpetual daylight balances months of austral darkness. A land of encounters with the unknown, and with mortality – but where camaraderie and faith are the only defence against catastrophe.At its heart, Erebus is a visit to the frozen underworld, and an exploration of how we find a place for ourselves in this vast and often unforgiving world we call home.

Welcome to Deception Island, a tiny Volcanic caldera in the Antarctic Ocean. Here the rusting remains of industrial whaling and a seabed littered with whalebones testify to mankind's greed and brutality. But the island is also an outpost of scientific exploration, witness to human attentiveness and fortitude.

Delving into the intricate social dynamics of hunter-gatherer societies, this work examines the motivations behind the creation of rock art. It highlights the cultural significance and communal aspects of these artistic expressions, providing insights into the lives and beliefs of early humans. The book offers a nuanced perspective on how these artworks reflect the relationships, rituals, and identities of the people who produced them.

Responsible for some of the biggest hits of the 60s, Scott Walker was once more popular than The Beatles and his music influenced the likes of Radiohead, Leonard Cohen and David Bowie. The Rhymes Of Goodbye tells the amazing story of Scott Walker's life and work through his songs a track by track commentary in the tradition of Revolution In The Head that encompasses his entire career from the first Walker Brothers single up to his final work before his death in March 2019.

A brilliantly argued and elegantly written examination of the intricate web of belief, myth and society in the Neolithic period.

San rock paintings, scattered over the range of southern Africa, are considered by many to be the very earliest examples of representational art. There are as many as 15,000 known rock art sites, created over the course of thousands of years up until the nineteenth century. There are possibly just as many still awaiting discovery.Taking

How did prehistoric peoples those living before written records think? Were their modes of thought fundamentally different from ours today? This book deals with these questions.

Suitable for those interested in the origins of religious thought, and the respective roles of science and religion in contemporary society, this title explores how science developed within the cocoon of religion and then shows how the natural functioning of the human brain creates experiences that can lead to belief in the supernatural realm.

Offers an explanation for the origins of prehistoric cave art, providing a glimpse into the mind of humankind's earliest ancestors and insights into the relationship between consciousness and artistic representation. Reprint.

Collected articles of the world's preeminent rock art researchers and cognitive archaeologists.