TY - BOOK ID - 18038655 TI - The Ancient mind : elements of cognitive archaeology AU - Renfrew, Colin AU - Zubrow, Ezra B. W PY - 1994 SN - 0521456207 0521434882 0511598386 PB - New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Archaeology. KW - Cognition and culture. KW - Cognitie en cultuur KW - Archaeology KW - Cognition and culture KW - ArcheĢologie KW - Cognition et culture KW - Social Sciences KW - Archeology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:18038655 AB - 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. One direction has been to develop an 'interpretationist', anti-scientific, literary approach. Another has been to use a linguistic framework and develop a hermeneutic, semiotic approach. A third approach develops a new direction in prehistoric cognitive research which is rooted in the scientific tradition and in an empirical methodology. It draws upon the cognitive, the mathematical and the computer sciences in an attempt to understand what techniques can be used appropriately on archaeological data, and how to implement them efficiently. This is the approach adopted by the contributors to The Ancient Mind. Together, they begin to develop a science of cognitive archaeology. ER -