Knowledge and Power in Prehistoric Societies Orality, Memory, and the Transmission of Culture |
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| Author:
| Kelly, Lynne |
| ISBN: | 978-1-107-05937-5 |
| Publication Date: | May 2015 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $109.00 |
Book Description:
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This book offers new insights into the purpose of ancient monuments through an analysis of the methods by which oral cultures maintain a vast store of pragmatic knowledge. Lynne Kelly considers how the Australian Aboriginal, Native American, African, Pacific, and European cultures stored and transmitted knowledge in the absence of writing.
This book offers new insights into the purpose of ancient monuments through an analysis of the methods by which oral cultures maintain a vast store of pragmatic knowledge. Lynne Kelly considers how the Australian Aboriginal, Native American, African, Pacific, and European cultures stored and transmitted knowledge in the absence of writing.