?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Before+and+Beyond+Representation%3A+Towards+an+enactive+conception+of+the+Palaeolithic+image%0D%0A&rft.creator=Malafouris%2C+Lambros&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.description=For+most+archaeologists+the+meaning+of+prehistoric+art+appears+to+be+grounded+upon%2C+if+not+synonymous+with%2C+the+notion+of+representation+and+symbolism.+This+paper+explores+the+possibility+that+the+depictions+we+see+already+30%2C000+years+before+present%2C+for+instance%2C+at+the+caves+of+Chauvet+and+Lascaux%2C+before+and+beyond+representing+the+world%2C+they+first+bring+forth+a+new+process+of+acting+within+this+world+and+at+the+same+time+of+thinking+about+it.+It+is+argued+that+the+unique+ability+of+those+early+depictions+to+disrupt+or+question+the+ways+the+world+is+experienced+under+normal+conditions+makes+possible+for+the+visual+apparatus+to+interrogate+itself+and+thus+acquire+a+sense+of+perceptual+awareness+not+previously+available.+%0D%0A&rft.publisher=The+McDonald+Institute+for+Archaeological+Research%2C+University+of+Cambridge&rft.contributor=Renfrew%2C+Professor+Colin&rft.contributor=Morley%2C+Dr+Iain&rft.date=2007-06-04&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6134%2F1%2FCh.21Malafouris.Beyond_and_Before_representation_2.pdf&rft.identifier=++Malafouris%2C+Lambros++(2007)+Before+and+Beyond+Representation%3A+Towards+an+enactive+conception+of+the+Palaeolithic+image.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6134%2F