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Stephanie Moser - Ancestral Images: The Iconography of Human Origins - 9780801435492 - V9780801435492
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Ancestral Images: The Iconography of Human Origins

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Description for Ancestral Images: The Iconography of Human Origins Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 85. BIC Classification: AC; HDDA; JFCX; JHM; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 179 x 18. Weight in Grams: 734.

Pictorial reconstructions of ancient human ancestors have twin purposes: to make sense of shared ancestry and to bring prehistory to life. Stephanie Moser analyzes the close relationship between representations of the past and theories about human evolution, showing how this relationship existed even before a scientific understanding of human origins developed. How did mythological, religious, and historically inspired visions of the past, in existence for centuries, shape this understanding? Moser treats images as primary documents, and her book is lavishly illustrated with engravings, paintings, photographs, and reconstructions.

In surveying the iconography of prehistory, Moser explores visions of human creation from ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801435492
SKU
V9780801435492
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
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99-1

About Stephanie Moser
Stephanie Moser is Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Southampton. She has published many articles on the role of visual representation in archaeology.

Reviews for Ancestral Images: The Iconography of Human Origins
A well-illustrated look at the quest for our own genesis.
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Moser introduces a new element: the impact of visual imagery in the domain of science. Moser argues, quite correctly, that visual images play a far more influential role in shaping thought than written texts.... Scientists as well as humanists and social scientists should ... Read more

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