In his words, this is an attempt to 'write about prehistory while at the same time meditating on what that writing involves'.
Such reflections have long been included in textbook histories of psychology, but usually as part of the prehistory of the science.
Like any ethnographer, we no longer need to be convinced that the people we study in prehistory behaved in complicated ways.
Yet, as said, the history of this music (and its prehistory)8 is not solely technology based or even necessarily technology driven.
The story line is predictable because it was set 'in the beginning' - in prehistory.
Every day, new evidence reveals the scope and magnitude of the goddess in prehistory.
This will become evident when more theoretical labour is invested in understanding the role of traditions and institutions in prehistory.
What we are looking at in prehistory are various kinds of inscription on the landscape - each as ritual, and each as domestic, as the other.
