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An Introduction to Evolutionary Cognitive Archaeology

An Introduction to Evolutionary Cognitive Archaeology

Hardcover

ArchaeologyGeneral Psychology

ISBN10: 0367856956
ISBN13: 9780367856953
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Apr 15 2022
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

An Introduction to Evolutionary Cognitive Archaeology is the first concise introduction that lays out the epistemological foundations of evolutionary cognitive archaeology in a way that is accessible to students.

The volume is divided into three sections. The first section situates cognitive archaeology in the pantheon of archaeological approaches and distinguishes between ideational cognitive archaeology and evolutionary cognitive archaeology. This is followed by a close look at the nature of cognitive archaeological inferences and concludes with brief summaries of the major methods of evolutionary cognitive archaeology. The second section of the book introduces the reader to a variety of cognitive phenomena that are accessible using the methods of cognitive archaeology: memory, technical cognition, spatial cognition, social cognition, art and aesthetics, and symbolism and language. The third section presents a brief outline of hominin cognitive evolution from the perspective of evolutionary cognitive archaeology. The authors divide the archaeological record into three major phases: The Bipedal Apes--3.3 million-1.7 million years ago; The Axe Age--1.7 million-300,000 years ago; and The Emergence of Modern Thinking--300,000-12,000 years ago.

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