Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xi
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Image and Economy in the Ancient World: The Bronze Age of Mikhail Rostovtzeff 8
7. 2. Materials for an Epidemiology of Culture 19
8. 3. The Hidden Shaman: Fictive Anatomy in Paleolithic and Neolithic Art 33
9. 4. Urban Creations: The Cultural Ecology of Composite Animals 50
10. 5. Counterintuitive Images and the Mechanical Arts 74
11. 6. Modes of Image Transfer: Transformative, Integrative, Protective 88
12. Conclusion. Persistent, but Not Primordial: Emergent Properties of Cognition 108
13. Notes 113
14. References 133
15. Index 161