As lecturer in archaeological science at the University of Reading, Sturt W. Manning spends much of his time at Late Bronze Age digs in the Aegean. To open his eyes to the prehistoric art of such regions, he is reading The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the origins of art by David Lewis-Williams (Thames & Hudson). He says the book offers a compelling analysis of amazing Stone Age art in the context of the development of the human mind.
In his less academic moments he is reading Life with Gough by Barry Cohen (Allen & Unwin, 1996). The book…
