The challenge of the abstract mind: symbols, signs and notational systems in European prehistory
Since the earliest manifestations of symbolic activity in modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens) in the Upper Palaeolithic, there is evidence for two independent cognitive procedures, for the production of representational images (naturalistic pictures or sculptures) and of abstract signs. The use of...
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2005-12-01
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| Series: | Documenta Praehistorica |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/2173 |