UNTON INTERNATIONALE DÊS SCIENCES PREHÍSTORIQUES ET PROTOHISTORIQUES INTERNATIONAL UNTON FOR PREH1STORIC AND PROTOHISTORIC SCIENCES PROCEEDINGS OF THE XV WORLD CONGRESS (LISBON. 4-9 SEPTEMBER2006) ACTES DU XV CONGRÈS MONDIAL (LISBONNE, 4-9 SEPTEMBRE 2006) Series Fditor: Luiz Oosterbcek YOL. 23 ZDP6 liibcj
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Cognitive Archaeology as Symbolic Archaeology Edited by
Fernando Coimbra George Dimitriadis
BAR International Series 1737 2008
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BAR S1737 Proceedings of the XV World Congress of the International Union for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences Actes du XV Congrès Mondial de [Union Internationale dês Sciences Préhistoriques et Protohistoriques Outgoing Outgoing Congress Incoming Incoming
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Cognitiva Archaeology as Symbolic Archaeology
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Fernando Coimbra and George Dimitriadis 'In the eye of the beholder': a re-evaluation of passage tombs in the Irish Ncolithic landscape through the integration of spatial, visibility and archaeoastronomical data Frank Prendergast Celestial symbols on Bronze Age archaeological finds in the Carpathian Basin Emilia Paszíor The "domesticatíon" of the world ínto a house and a home: Cosmographic symbolism as a basic expression of the human mínd Michael Rappengluck
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The ship and its symbolism in the European Bronze Age Andrea Vianello
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Cognitive archacology, rock art and archaeoastronomy: intcrrelated disciplines Fernando Augusto Coimbra
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Space Syntax Analysis as Cognitive Approach to Prehistoric Mentality George Dimitriadis
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Neolithic Codes - A Different Approach of Cucuteni Woman (para-archaeological and para-medical meditative essay) Romeo Dumitrescu
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Symbolism within technology Dragos Gheorghiu
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Organisation d'un sanctuaire rupestre: lês rochers de Creysscilles (Ardèche, France) Philippe Hameau
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Simbologíe du Metal: un proposítion de reflexion sur lês dcpots du B.F. Illb de Ia region P.A.C.A Davide Delfino
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