"Neuroarchaeology": exploring the links between neural and cultural plasticity.
This paper aims primarily at two things: The first is to present an overview of the newly developed field of "neuroarchaeology" and discuss its theoretical grounding in Material Engagement Theory (MET) and the extended mind hypothesis. The second is to use the above overview as a basis for advancing some tentative proposals about the role that neuroarchaeology, by placing the mutual constitution of brain, mind, and culture in evolutionary perspective, can play within the field of cultural neuroscience and about the common benefits that can arise out of such a cross-disciplinary coalition.
Malafouris
Lambros
L
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge, UK. lm243@cam.ac.uk
D000884:Anthropology, Cultural / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D001106:Archaeology / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology; D009484:Neuropsychology / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D011603:Psychophysiology