Cognitive Models in Palaeolithic Archaeology Test Bank

Unlock the Secrets of Human Thought Evolution

In the field of evolutionary cognitive archaeology, cognitive science and archaeology intersect to provide a more complete and grounded picture of the mind.

Exploring Hominin Cognitive Development

Cognitive Models in Palaeolithic Archaeology explores hominin cognitive development by applying formal cognitive models to analyze prehistoric remains from the entire range of the Palaeolithic.

Examining Cognitive Models

• Expert cognition
• Information processing
• Material engagement theory
• Embodied/extended cognition
• Neuroaesthetics
• Visual resonance theory
• Theory of mind
• Neuronal recycling

By examining archaeological remains, and thereby past activities and behavior, through the grounded lenses of these models, a mosaic pattern of human cognitive evolution emerges.

A Groundbreaking Volume

Authored by many leading authorities in the field of cognitive archaeology, this volume will attract scholars and students of cognitive evolution and paleoanthropology, who will find a new understanding of hominin cognitive evolution and substantive conclusions about our hominin evolution as opportunities for further research.