CONTENTS

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