Signs of Consciousness: Speculations on the Psychology of Paleolithic Graphics J. A. Cheyne Part I: Introduction and Overview of "Signs of Consciousness" Graphics in an Iconic Culture Part II: Perception and the Interpretation of Signs Venus Figures as Metonymic Icons Peirception and Consciousness The Search for Positive Identification Part III: Graphics and the Cultural "Lag" in the Late-Middle Paleolithic The Role of Technological Developments in the Late Paleolithic Part I: Paleolithic Graphic Images: Based the …showed first 75 words of 4599 total…

…showed last 75 words of 4599 total…ast two sets of very different but interrelated questions. One set of questions concerns the techniques of etching, carving, applying pigments, etc.(Vandiver, 1983; Lechtman, 1977; Lorblanchet, 1980, 1991). The second set of questions concerns the perceptual, cognitive and action systems enabling the activity! (Davis, 1986, 1987; Halverson, 1987, 1992; Kennedy, 1976). A critical question that cuts across the previous set of questions and constitutes a challenge for any understanding of the emergence of graphics is that of timing. Why and how ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**