In 1979, entirely independent of one another, three articles appeared that became very influential, and mark a kind of beginning point for contemporary evolutionary cognitive archaeology. Anthropologist Sue Taylor Parker and Neurobiologist Kathleen Gibson wrote “A developmental model for the evolution of language and intelligence in early Hominids.” Archeologist John A.J Gowlette wrote “Complexities of […]

The study on how humans of the past thinks as reflected on the material culture that they left behind is what Cognitive Archeology is all about. And although critics say that the field is highly speculative in nature, it cannot be denied that the material remains of past cultures gives us access to the thought […]