Thomas Wynn, Karenleigh Overmann, Frederick Coolidge

Gebundenes Buch

The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Archaeology

Beschreibung

This book showcases the theories, methods, and accomplishments of archaeologists who investigate the human mind through material forms. It encompasses the wide spectrum of cognitive archeology, showcasing contributions from scholars globally. It delivers analysis of material culture, from stone tools to ceramic and rock art of the past millennium.

Autor

Thomas Wynn is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, where he has taught since 1977. He earned his PhD in Anthropology at the University of Illinois, Urbana. His training was in the archaeology of the Lower Palaeolithic (early Stone Age). His doctoral research opened a hitherto unexplored direction in Palaeolithic studies - the explicit use of psychological theory to interpret archaeological remains. He has published extensively in Palaeolithic studies (150+ articles and book chapters), with a particular emphasis on cognitive evolution. Karenleigh A. Overmann earned her doctorate in archaeology from the University of Oxford as a Clarendon scholar in 2016. In June 2020, she completed two years of postdoctoral research at the University of Bergen (MSCA individual fellowship, EU project 785793), and she was a visiting scholar at the University of Pittsburgh from Sept. 2020 to June 2021. She is currently an associate professor of anthropology (adjunct) and co-director of the Center for Cognitive Archaeology at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Frederick L. Coolidge has a BA, MA, and PhD in Psychology from the University of Florida (UF) and completed a 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology at UF. He worked as Forensic Psychologist at the South Florida State Mental Hospital before beginning his academic career at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS). He has received three Fulbright Fellowships to India (1987, 1992, 2005) and in 2015 was appointed Senior Visiting Scholar at Oxford University (Keble College). He received the annual UCCS research award, three UCCS teaching awards and awarded the title University of Colorado Presidential Teaching Scholar.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 1328
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 178mm x 63mm
• Gewicht: 2438g
• ISBN-13: 9780192895950
• ISBN-10: 0192895958
• Artikelnr.: 69191044