David Lewis-Williams. Conceiving God
The cognitive origin and evolution of religion. 320 pages, 50 illustrations. 2010. London: Thames & Hudson; 978-0-500-051641 hardback £18.95
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9604174 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Timothy Insoll (0000-0002-3072-3088, University of Manchester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 327 |
| Pages | 294-295 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00067661 |
| OpenAlex | W2466499091 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
We acknowledge the observations of Doppler et al. on our paper and we are grateful to Antiquity s editor for this opportunity to reply to their objections. Firstly it should be noted that we have not claimed that the Chiemsee once included the Tuttensee. We agree that the region in which both lakes lie was glacially formed. But while Lake Chiemsee is the result of the last Ice Age, the Tuttensee basin originates from a much later Holocene meteorite impact. We do not use the myth of Phaeton to date this event that is known as the Chiemgau impact. On the contrary, we estimate from archaeological evidence and OSL dating that the event occurred between 2200 and 800 BC i.e. the Bronze Age (Rappengluck et al. 2010: 436).We go on to discuss parallels between the independent dating of the Chiemgau impact and the possible time frame of the myth (Rappengluck et al. 2010: 435–37)
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art history · Bronze Age · Event (particle physics · Holocene · Mythology · Parallels · Rock art · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classics · Geology · Historical and Architectural Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |