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HANDBOOK OF COGNITIVE ARCHAEOLOGY The remains that archaeologists uncover reveal ancient minds at work as much as ancient hands, and for decades many have sought a better way of understanding those minds. This understanding is at the forefront of cognitive archaeology, a discipline that believes that a greater application of psychological theory to archaeology will further our understanding of the evolution of the human mind. Bringing together a diverse range of experts including archaeologists, psychologists, anthropologists, biologists, psychiatrists, neuroscientists, historians, and philosophers, in one comprehensive volume, this accessible and illuminating book is an important resource for students and researchers exploring how the application of cognitive archaeology can signifi cantly and meaningfully deepen their knowledge of early and ancient humans. This seminal volume opens the fi eld of cognitive archaeology to scholars across the behavioral sciences. Tracy B. Henley is Professor and Head of Psychology at Texas A&M University– Commerce, USA. He works primarily on historical matters, social cognition, and psycholinguistics. He has several previous books related to the history of psychology. Matt J. Rossano is Professor of Psychology at Southeastern Louisiana University, USA, where he studies the evolution of ritual, religion, and cooperation. His books include Supernatural Selection: How Religion Evolved and Mortal Rituals . Edward P. Kardas is Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Director of the Honors College at Southern Arkansas University, USA, where he has taught since 1980. He is the author of books on the internet, research methods, and the history of psychology . HANDBOOK OF COGNITIVE ARCHAEOLOGY Psychology in Prehistory Edited by Tracy B. Henley, Matt J. Rossano, and Edward P. Kardas First published 2020 by Routledge 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017 and by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2020 selection and editorial matter, Tracy B. Henley, Matt J. Rossano, and Edward P. Kardas; individual chapters, the contributors The right of Tracy B. Henley, Matt J. Rossano, and Edward P. Kardas to be identifi ed as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice : Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identifi cation and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book has been requested ISBN: 978-1-1385-9450-0 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-138-59451-7 (pbk) ISBN: 978-0-429-48881-8 (ebk) Typeset in Bembo by Apex CoVantage, LLC Visit the eResources: www.routledge.com/9781138594500 CONTENTS Editors’ introductory remarks ix Archaeological foreword: Cognitive archaeology and the prehistory of mind x Trevor Watkins Psychological foreword: Cognitive archaeology – beyond just-so stories and WEIRD psychology xix Valerie E. Stone Acknowledgements xxvi List of contributors xxix PART I Prehistory from the perspective of physiological and developmental psychology 1 1 Introduction: what would Wundt think? 3 Edward P. Kardas and Tracy B. Henley 2 Before, after, and alongside the excavation: how to think about the evolution and history of physiology and development 19 Melvin Konner 3 Life history evolution in hominins 36 Jon Oxford and David C. Geary v Contents 4 Evolution of hormonal mechanisms for human family relationships 58 Heather Habecker and Mark V. Flinn 5 The evolution and development of morality 86 Dennis L. Krebs 6 In search of baselines: why psychology needs cognitive archaeology 104 Darcia Narvaez 7 Play: a neglected factor in ritual, religion, and human evolution 120 Gordon M. Burghardt PART II Prehistory from the perspective of cognitive psychology 135 8 The origins of generativity 137 Michael C. Corballis 9 Three stages in the evolution of human cognition: normativity, recursion, and abstraction 153 Ceri Shipton 10 The evolution of learning and memory in humans: comparative perspectives on testing adaptive hypotheses 174 Mark A. Krause and Crickette Sanz 11 Reconfi guring Natural Semantic Metalanguage for a deep cognitive archaeology 196 Horacio Fabrega, Jr . 12 Exploring the psychological basis for transitions in the archaeological record 220 Liane Gabora and Cameron M. Smith 13 The cognitive mechanisms deriving from the Acheulean handaxe that gave rise to symmetry, form, and pattern perception 241 Derek Hodgson vi Contents 14 The role of expert technical cognition in human evolution 261 Thomas Wynn and Frederick L. Coolidge PART III Prehistory from the perspective of social psychology 285 15 Key cognitive preconditions for the evolution of language 287 Merlin Donald 16 The human social mind and the inextricability of science and religion 296 Mark Nielsen 17 Markers of “psycho-cultural” change: the early-Neolithic monuments of Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Turkey 311 Oliver Dietrich, Jens Notroff, Sebastian Walter, and Laura Dietrich 18 How ritual made us human 333 Matt J. Rossano 19 The role of egalitarianism and gender ritual in the evolution of symbolic cognition 354 Camilla Power 20 Norms and their evolution 375 Kim Sterelny 21 Power, play, and interplay: the psychology of prehistoric sexuality 398 Timothy Taylor PART IV Prehistory from the perspective of personality and clinical psychology 413 22 Domestic fi re, domestic selves: how keeping fi re facilitated the evolution of emotions and emotion regulation 415 Terrence Twomey vii Contents 23 Psychology in archaeology: the secret society case 431 Brian Hayden 24 The archaeology of madness 451 David S. Whitley 25 The prehistory of psychoactive drug use 471 Edward H. Hagen and Shannon Tushingham 26 The lure of death: suicide and human evolution 499 Nicholas Humphrey 27 From corpse to symbol: proposed cognitive grades over the long-term evolution of hominin mortuary activity 512 Paul Pettitt 28 Afterword: psychology and archaeology – the past’s long reach 526 Matt J. Rossano, Tracy B. Henley, and Edward P. Kardas Index 535 viii EDITORS’ INTRODUCTORY REMARKS From our earliest “pitch” we envisioned that this book would open with two forewords – one each that would speak to the interplay of psychology and cognitive archaeology from the perspective of those two disciplines. Think of these then as a matched pair that sets a tone and context for the 28 content chapters that follow – perhaps more of an intellectual “appetizer” than traditional forewords. Each of us (Henley, Rossano, and Kardas) had done several previous books, and so understood that every project has a unique life of its own. That is perhaps especially true for a large, edited anthology, where several dozen contributors are centrally involved. That said, the life of this volume has been an especially good one. No doubt it was the timely lure of the project concept – an interdisciplinary book that would span cognitive archaeology and psychology – that made things unfold so well. Indeed, as is inevitable with a large and elongate effort such as this, we had fi ve contributors who at some point felt they would have to withdraw to attend to other matters. Yet, in the end, we were able to retain all but one of them, because they never lost interest in the work. In close, we trust that if you are reading these remarks you will absolutely be delighted with what follows. And that begins with our paired set of forewords. Respectfully, Tracy, Matt, and Ed ix
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