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Various aspects of early civilizations are considered in E.O. James, Prehistoric Religion: A Study in Prehistoric Archaeology (1957, reissued 1963), a collection of materials on the Paleolithic through the Neolithic periods; and John E. Pfeiffer, The Creative Explosion: An Inquiry into the Origins of Art and Religion (1982), for the general reader.
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Emeritus Professor of Prehistory and Protohistory, University of Münster, Germany.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Article revised to make clear that the human skulls excavated at Jericho date to the 7th millennium BCE and that some of the skulls were covered in plaster. | Apr 14, 2021 | ||
| Modified title of Web site: Internet Archive - "Prehistoric religion: a study in prehistoric archaeology". | Feb 01, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Dartford Town Archive - Archaeology and Early History - Prehistoric religion. | Oct 21, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Prehistoric Religion. | Oct 21, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Internet Archive - "Prehistoric religion: a study in prehistoric archaeology". | Oct 21, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Stockholms University - Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies - Archaeology as a source for prehistoric religion. | Oct 21, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: English Heritage - Prehistory: Religion. | Oct 21, 2016 | ||
| Deleted photograph. | Aug 25, 2015 | ||
| Images of the Venus of Willendorf and the megalithic grave gallery at La Roche aux Fées added. | Oct 05, 2010 | ||
| Revised text and added media. | Jan 28, 2009 | ||
| Article revised. | Oct 18, 2000 | ||
| Article revised. | Oct 08, 1998 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Aug 23, 1998 |
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