Description
Cognitive archaeology is a relatively new interdisciplinary science that uses cognitive and psychological models to explain archeological artifacts like stone tools, figurines, and art. Squeezing Minds From Stones is a collection of essays from early pioneers in the field, like archaeologists Thomas Wynn and Iain Davidson, and evolutionary primatologist William McGrew, to 'up and coming' newcomers like Shelby Putt, Ceri Shipton, Mark Moore, James Cole, Natalie Uomini, and Lana Ruck. Their essays address a wide variety of cognitive archaeology topics, including the value of experimental archaeology, primate archaeology, the intent of ancient tool makers, and how they may have lived and thought.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Cognitive Archaeology at the CrossroadsKarenleigh A. Overmann and Frederick L. Coolidge1. A Simian View of the Oldowan: Reconstructing the Evolutionary Origins of Human TechnologyWilliam C. McGrew, Tiago Falótico, Michael D. Gumert, and Eduardo B. Ottoni2. Homo artifex: An Extended Evolutionary Perspective on the Origins of the Human Mind, Brain, and CultureDietrich Stout3. Looking at Rocks Together: Tool Production, Joint Attention, and Offline CognitionRex Welshon4. Evolution of Cognitive Archaeology through Evolving Cognitive Systems: A Chapter for Tom WynnIain Davidson5. Sticks, Stones, and the Origins of SapiencePhilip J. Barnard6. The Origin of Cumulative Culture: Not a Single-Trait Event But Multifactorial ProcessesMiriam Noël Haidle7. Hominin Evolution and Stone Tool Scavenging and Reuse in the Lower PaleolithicAdam Brumm, Matt Pope, Mathieu Leroyer, and Kate Emery8. Flake-Making and the "Cognitive Rubicon": Insights from Stone-Knapping ExperimentsMark W. Moore9. Stone Tools and Spatial CognitionDerek Hodgson10. Testing Models of Handedness in Stone ToolsNatalie Uomini and Lana Ruck11. Early Convergent Cultural Evolution: Acheulean Giant Core Methods of AfricaGonen Sharon12. Cultural Transmission from the Last Common Ancestor to the Levallois Reducers: What Can We Infer?Stephen J. Lycett13. The Handaxe AestheticThomas Wynn and Tony Berlant14. The Stories Stones Tell of Language and Its EvolutionShelby S. Putt15. In Three Minds: Extending Cognitive Archaeology with the Social BrainCory Stade and Clive Gamble16. The Evolution of Social Transmission in the AcheuleanCeri Shipton17. Knapping in the Dark: Stone Tools and a Theory of MindJames Cole18. A Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Sexual Division of Tasks in the European Upper PaleolithicSophie A. de Beaune19. The Enhanced Working Memory Model: Its Origin and DevelopmentFrederick L. Coolidge20. Materiality and the Prehistory of NumberKarenleigh A. Overmann21. Ensnaring the Mind: Cognitive Implications of Setting Snares and TrapsLyn Wadley22. On the Minds of Bow HuntersMarlize Lombard23. Epilogue: Situating the Cognitive in Cognitive ArchaeologyThomas WynnIndex
