The marble kyklos: social cognition, social complexity and material engagement in the Aegean Bronze Age

Thesis

This thesis applies the principles of Material Engagement Theory (MET), which examines material culture as a dynamic and integral component of human cognitive systems, to study the relationships between Cycladic marble sculpting, social cognition and social complexity. The work investigates how material culture shapes the development of intersubjectivity and generates social interactions at emergent scales. As a case study in emergent social complexity this thesis examines the development ...

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Authors: Aston, A

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Intersubjectivity; Cognitive Archaeology; Aegean Archaeology; Social Complexity; Enactivism; Bronze Age; Social Cognition; Material Engagement Theory; Cycladic Archaeology
• Subjects: Cognitive Archaeology