From black land to fifth sun : the science of sacred sites

Shamans, spirit mediums, mysterious cave paintings, enigmatic earthworks, and temples – the religious and spiritual lives of our forebears have always seemed inaccessible to archaeologists. Now, however, science is finally beginning to lift the veil. Brian Fagan draws upon a wealth of scientific disciplines – from botany, zoology, and geology to neuropsychology, palynology (the study of spores and pollen), and nuclear physics – to explore this new “archaeology of the mind.”