Shamanism

2006/01/01 by J. D. Lewis‐Williams · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Medicine · #Archaeology and Rock Art Studies #Anthropological Studies and Insights #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Shamanism #Proposition #Argument (complex analysis) #Rock art #The arts #History #Anthropology #Ethnology #Archaeology #Art #Epistemology #Sociology #Philosophy #Visual arts #Medicine

paper · doi:10.3828/bfarm.2006.4.1

openalex publication_date 2006/01/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/01/09

Abstract

This article reviews the debate that has grown up around the use of the words ‘shaman’ and ‘shamanism’ in archaeology, especially in rock art research. It sets out the argument that certain rock arts derived from a set of rituals and associated mental experiences that are widely known as ‘shamanistic’. It then considers some of the objections that have been raised to this proposition.

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Cited by

• David Lewis-Williams [wikipedia]