The Ancient Mind: Elements of Cognitive Archaeology
by Edited by Colin Renfrew , Ezra B. W. ZubrowFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1994-05-27
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary
One of the most troubling problems in archaeology is to determine the manner and content of prehistoric thought. A fundamental challenge is to develop the theory, methodology and tools to understand human cognition. Cognitive archaeology as a subject is still in its infancy, and archaeologists are adopting a variety of approaches--literary, linguistic, and scientific. The contributors to The Ancient Mind develop a new direction in prehistoric cognitive research that is rooted in the scientific tradition and in an empirical methodology. Together, they begin to develop a science of cognitive archaeology.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | |
| Part I. Introduction: 1. Towards a cognitive archaeology | |
| Part II. The Interdisciplinary Underpinning: 2. Interpretations and testability in theories about prehistoric thinking | |
| 3. Archaeology and cognitive science | |
| 4. From mental modularity to generalized intelligence: a cognitive interpretation of the Middle/Upper Paleolithic transition | |
| 5. Are images animated? The psychology of images in Ancient Greece | |
| Part III. Approaches to Cult Practice and Transcendental Belief Systems: 6. The archaeology of religion | |
| 7. Ancient Zapotec ritual and religion: an application of the direct historical approach | |
| 8. The meaning of death | |
| 9. Prehistoric cognition and the science of archaeology | |
| Part IV. Prehistoric Conceptions of Space and Time: 10. Symbols and signposts: understanding the prehistoric petroglyphs of the British Isles | |
| 11. Knowledge representation and archaeology: a cognitive example using GIS | |
| 12 Dials: a study in the physical representation of cognitive systems | |
| Part V. The Material Basis of Cognitive Inference: Technology: 13. Cognitive aspects of 'technique' | |
| 14. Mindful technology: unleashing the Chaî | |
| ne Opé | |
| ratoire for an archaeology of mind | |
| 15. Prehistoric technology: a cognitive science? | |
| Part VI. The Material Basis of Cognitive Inference: Writing Systems | |
| 16. Variation and change in symbol systems: case studies in Elamite Cuneiform | |
| 17. Figure and text in Mesopotamia: match and mismatch | |
| Part VII. Conclusion: 18. Cognitive archaeology reconsidered. |
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