Bøger af Mary Kilbourne Matossian

The source records for Plants, Stars, and the Origins of Religion cover the origins of religion in the Middle East and Europe from prehistoric times to the fall of the Roman Empire. One of these records was the Phaistos Disk from Crete, which may have been intended to serve as a solar calendar, and a decipherment of the Phaistos Disk is included within this book. Author Mary Kilbourne Matossian has given particular attention to evidence for the possible role of psychoactive plants by people in prehistoric and ancient times. At the same time, Plants, Stars, and the Origins of Religion explores some prehistoric and ancient beliefs about stars.

Argues that epidemics, sporadic outbursts of bizarre behaviour and low fertility and high death rates from the 14th to the 18th centuries may have been caused by food poisoning from microfungi in bread, the staple food in Europe and America during this period.

A survey of world history from earliest times to the present, focusing on the role of ecology (climate, demography and agriculture) in the development of humankind. It also considers the role that technological innovation has played in humans' attempts to cope with the natural world.