Psychology and Cognitive Archaeology

Tracy B. Henley is Professor 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 as well as serving as an editor for the Handbook of Cognitive Archaeology. Matt J. Rossano is Professor of Psychology at Southeastern Louisiana University, USA, where he studies the evolution of ritual, religion, and cooperation. His past books include Ritual in Human Evolution and Religion, Handbook of Cognitive Archaeology, Supernatural Selection: How Religion Evolved, and Mortal Rituals.

Foreword: Minding Matter 1.Introduction: The Utility of Prehistory for Psychology 2.Situating the Archaeology in Cognitive Archaeology 3. Psychology and Evolution: A Checkered History 4.Wild Selves: On the Deeply Historical, Contextual Emergence of Self-Sustaining Systems 5.The Missing Mind: Contrasting Civilization with Non-Civilization Development and Functioning 6.The Laughing Pregnant Grandmother and the Relevance of Archaeological Findings for Cultural Psychology 7. Sexuality and Gender in Prehistory 8.Cognition Demonstrated by Artifacts: Tool-use Expertise and Tool-use Learning 9.Evidence, Inference, and the Puzzle of Ancestral Warfare 10.The Advent of Religion 11.A Prehistory of Sleep: Understanding the Roots of Modern Sleep Disorders 12.Psychology and Antiquity: A Prehistorian’s Perspective