Rock Art and the Wild Mind

Rock Art and the Wild Mind presents a study of Mesolithic rock art on the Scandinavian Peninsula, which often depicts human confrontation with big game and can be explained as a product of the Mesolithic mind "in action". In the final stages of the Mesolithic this ‘animic’ rock art eventually gives way to a ‘totemic’ style and it is suggested that this can be interpreted as representing an increased focus on human society. This will interest students of rock art as well as scholars working on the historical developments of prehistoric hunter-gatherers in Northern Europe. It will also appeal to students and academics in the fields of art history, aesthetics and the work of Lévi-Straus.