Lewis-Williams Has Argued That Much of the World's Rock Art

question 27

Multiple Choice

Lewis-Williams has argued that much of the world's rock art is the result of shamanism. What is the basis for his argument?

• A) He is operating within the paradigm of structuralism, which frequently explains human behavior as a response to culturally dictated supernatural needs.
• B) He interprets the symbols depicted in rock art as representing shamans contacting the spirit world; thus the explanation for rock art lies within the rock art itself.
• C) Cross-cultural psychological and neurological research showing that individuals in a trance go through three universal stages of hallucination; rock art records these stages.
• D) There is no real basis for his argument; he arrived at his conclusions without the necessary data to support them and therefore demonstrates the dangers inherent in cognitive archaeological approaches.