Stone tools and the evolution of human cognition / / edited by April Nowell and Iain Davidson

• Pubblicazione: Boulder, Colo., : University Press of Colorado, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (245 p.)
• Disciplina: 930.1/0285
• Soggetto topico: Stone implements; Tools, Prehistoric; Cognition and culture; Human behavior
• Altri autori: NowellApril <1969-> DavidsonIain <1948->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: "Grammars of action" and stone flaking design space / Mark W. Moore -- Insights on the technical competence of the early Oldowan / Ignacio de la Torre -- Growing up in the Middle Pleistocene : life history strategies and their relationship to Acheulian industries / April Nowell and Mark White -- How Levallois reduction is similar to, and not similar to, playing chess / Thomas Wynn and Frederick L. Coolidge -- On standardization in the Paleolithic : measures, causes, and interpretations of metric similarity in stone tools / Steven L. Kuhn -- Middle Stone Age tools from Klasies River main site and symbolic cognition / Sarah Wurz -- Possible relationshion between language and technology in human evolution / Dietrich Stout -- Stone tools and the evolution of hominin and human cognition / Iain Davidson -- Current developments in inferring cognitive capabilties from the archaeological traces left by stone tools : caught bwetween a rock and a hard inference / Philip J. Barnard.
• Sommario/riassunto: Stone tools are the most durable and common type of archaeological remain and one of the most important sources of information about behaviors of early hominins. Stone Tools and the Evolution of Human Cognition develops methods for examining questions of cognition, demonstrating the progression of mental capabilities from early hominins to modern humans through the archaeological record. Dating as far back as 2.5-2.7 million years ago, stone tools were used in cutting up animals, woodworking, and preparing vegetable matter. Today, lithic remains give archaeologists insight into the forethought, planning, and enhanced working memory of our early ancestors. Contributors focus on multiple ways in which archaeologists can investigate the relationship between tools and the evolving human mind-including joint attention, pattern recognition, memory usage, and the emergence of language. Offering a wide range of approaches and diversity of place and time, the chapters address issues such as skill, social learning, technique, language, and cognition based on lithic technology. Stone Tools and the Evolution of Human Cognition will be of interest to Paleolithic archaeologists and paleoanthropologists interested in stone tool technology and cognitive evolution.
• Titolo autorizzato: Stone tools and the evolution of human cognition
• ISBN: 9781607320319; 1607320312
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910963189503321
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