Rock Art and Sacred Landscapes
Social and behavioral scientists study religion or spirituality in various ways and have defined and approached the subject from different perspectives. In cultural anthropology and archaeology the understanding of what constitutes religion involves belie
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Donna L. Gillette Mavis Greer Michele Helene Hayward William Breen Murray Editors
Rock Art and Sacred Landscapes
One World Archaeology
Series Editors Heather Burke Gabriel Cooney Gustavo Politis
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Donna L. Gillette • Mavis Greer Michele Helene Hayward • William Breen Murray Editors
Rock Art and Sacred Landscapes
Editors Donna L. Gillette, Ph.D. Archaeological Research Facility University of California Berkeley, CA, USA Michele Helene Hayward, Ph.D. Panamerican Consultants Buffalo, NY, USA
Mavis Greer, Ph.D. Archaeological Consultants Greer Services Casper, WY, USA William Breen Murray, Ph.D. Department of Social Sciences University of Monterrey San Pedro Garza Garcia NL, Mexico
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Contents
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Introduction to Rock Art and Sacred Places ........................................ Donna L. Gillette, Mavis Greer, Michele H. Hayward, and William Breen Murray
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Rock Art and Spirituality: Is the Rock Art of 30,000 Years Ago a Window to the
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