Cognitive Archaeology.
editions of the House of Human Sciences| N° d'inventaire | 15562 |
| Format | 14 x 21 |
| Détails | 288 p., index, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2011 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782735113934 |
Cognitive archaeology, born in the Anglo-Saxon world, was initially the subject of numerous proclamations and theoretical developments, which perhaps explains its limited impact on French research. If it has not yet succeeded in establishing itself as an undisputed discipline, it is undoubtedly because it presents itself today much more as a series of questions that arise at the crossroads of disciplines than as a particular branch of archaeology. Mainly made up of two autonomous groups: the first around prehistory, the second around the use of statistical methods, computer science and communication technologies, it seems handicapped by an underestimation of the time periods in which the phenomena studied are inscribed and by excessive optimism about the questions that archaeology can resolve, and appears today less promising.
The originality of this work lies in going beyond this assessment and opening up new perspectives. Studying not only the cognitive evolution of prehistoric man in general, but also the mentalities of specific, more recent societies, by taking up the "long detour of facts" and reintroducing the unfolding of historical time, this is the path we wish to propose.
Cognitive archaeology, born in the Anglo-Saxon world, was initially the subject of numerous proclamations and theoretical developments, which perhaps explains its limited impact on French research. If it has not yet succeeded in establishing itself as an undisputed discipline, it is undoubtedly because it presents itself today much more as a series of questions that arise at the crossroads of disciplines than as a particular branch of archaeology. Mainly made up of two autonomous groups: the first around prehistory, the second around the use of statistical methods, computer science and communication technologies, it seems handicapped by an underestimation of the time periods in which the phenomena studied are inscribed and by excessive optimism about the questions that archaeology can resolve, and appears today less promising.
The originality of this work lies in going beyond this assessment and opening up new perspectives. Studying not only the cognitive evolution of prehistoric man in general, but also the mentalities of specific, more recent societies, by taking up the "long detour of facts" and reintroducing the unfolding of historical time, this is the path we wish to propose.