| Description |
xiv, 195 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Series |
New directions in archaeology |
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New directions in archaeology.
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| Contents |
11. Knowledge representation and archaeology: a cognitive example using GIS / Ezra B. W. Zubrow -- 12. Dials: a study in the physical representation of cognitive systems / Charles O. Frake -- 13. Cognitive aspects of 'technique' / S. E. van der Leeuw -- 14. Mindful technology: unleashing the chaine operatoire for an archaeology of mind / Nathan Schlanger -- 15. Prehistoric technology: a cognitive science? / C. Karlin and M. Julien -- 16. Variation and change in symbol systems: case studies in Elamite cuneiform / John S. Justeson and Laurence D. Stephens -- 17. Text and figure in ancient Mesopotamia: match and mismatch / J. N. Postgate -- 18. Cognitive archaeology reconsidered / Ezra B. W. Zubrow |
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Preface / Colin Renfrew and Ezra B. W. Zubrow -- 1. Towards a cognitive archaeology / Colin Renfrew -- 2. Interpretation and testability in theories about prehistoric thinking / James A. Bell -- 3. Archaeology and cognitive science / Erwin M. Segal -- 4. From domain specific to generalized intelligence: a cognitive interpretation of the Middle/Upper Palaeolithic transition / Steven Mithen -- 5. Are images animated? The psychology of statues in Ancient Greece / Alain Schnapp -- 6. The archaeology of religion / Colin Renfrew -- 7. Ancient Zapotec ritual and religion: an application of the direct historical approach / Joyce Marcus and Kent V. Flannery -- 8. The meaning of death: funerary beliefs and the prehistorian / Chris Scarre -- 9. Prehistoric cognition and the science of archaeology / James N. Hill -- 10. Symbols and signposts - understanding the prehistoric petroglyphs of the British Isles / Richard Bradley |
| Summary |
"Collection of articles seeks to define a scientific approach to prehistoric cognition. In an important paper, Marcus and Flannery look at the evolution of Zapotec religion and ritual and the transformation of Monte Albán and the Zapotec state"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas |
| Analysis |
Archaeology |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Archaeology.
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Cognition and culture.
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| Author |
Renfrew, Colin, 1937-
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Zubrow, Ezra B. W.
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| LC no. |
93025033 |
| ISBN |
0521434882 (hardback) |
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0521456207 (paperback) |
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