Squeezing Minds From Stones: Cognitive Archaeology and the Evolution of the Human Mind [Hardcover]

Squeezing Minds From Stonesis a collection of wide-ranging, contemporary essays on the interdisciplinary field of cognitive archaeology, which offers cognitive and psychological models to explain archaeological artifacts like stone tools, figurines, and art.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 Stonesis 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.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 Fal?tico, 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 No?l 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 lCc