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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136238003321

Titolo

Cognitive models in palaeolithic archaeology / / edited by Thomas Wynn and Frederick L. Coolidge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

ISBN

0-19-020413-3

0-19-020412-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Disciplina

930.1

Soggetti

Archaeology

Cognition and culture

Cognition - History

Human evolution

Prehistoric peoples

Paleolithic period

Psychology, Comparative

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

"Cognitive Models in Palaeolithic Archaeology grew out of a specialized thematic session that we organized for the 2013 meeting of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Evolutionary cognitive archaeology -- The expert cognition model in human evolutionary studies -- Towards a richer theoretical scaffolding for interpreting archaeological evidence concerning cognitive evolution -- Material engagement and the embodied mind -- Materiality and numerical cognition: a material engagement theory perspective -- Art without symbolic mind: embodied cognition and the origins of visual artistic behavior -- Deciphering patterns in the archaeology of South Africa: the neurovisual resonance theory -- Accessing hominin cognition: language and social signaling in the lower to middle palaeolithic -- Bootstrapping ordinal thinking -- Models, puddings and the puzzle.

Sommario/riassunto

'Cognitive Models in Palaeolithic Archaeology' is an edited volume that champions the use of cognitive models in the analysis of Palaeolithic



remains. The volume will be a landmark in the development of cognitive archaeology by demonstrating the insights that can be gained by applying cognitive models to palaeolithic evidence.