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"One of the most troubling problems in archaeology is to determine the manner and content of prehistoric thought. A fundamental challenge is to develop the theory, methodology and tools to understand human cognition. Cognitive archaeology as a subject is still in its infancy, and archaeologists are adopting a variety of approaches. One direction has been to develop an 'interpretationist', anti-scientific, literary approach. Another has been to use a linguistic framework and develop a hermeneutic, semiotic approach. A third approach develops a new direction in prehistoric cognitive research which is rooted in the scientific tradition and in an empirical methodology. It draws upon the cognitive, the mathematical and the computer sciences in an attempt to understand what techniques can be used appropriately on archaeological data, and how to implement them efficiently. This is the approach adopted by the contributors to The Ancient Mind. Together, they begin to develop a science of cognitive archaeology."

"Konsep penguburan pada dasarnya merupakan pemikiran tentang meletakkan mayat sehingga tidak mengganggu manusia yang masih hidup. Kegiatan penguburan yang mulai dikenal sejak sekitar 100.000 tahun yang lalu ini dapat dijumpai pada situs-situs terbuka ataupun situs gua dan ceruk yang tersebar di seluruh dunia. Di wilayah Indonesia, kegiatan penguburan masa prasejarah dapat ditemui pada berbagai situs di Sumatra, Jawa, dan Flores. Salah satu adalah situs Gua pondok Selabe-1 yang terletak di Desa Padang Bindu, Kecamatan Semidang Aji, Kabupaten Ogan Komiring Ulu, Sumatra Selatan. Gua Pondok selabe-1 ini mengandung data baru yang berkaitan dengan penguburan prasejarah yang terletak di dalam gua. Dengan tujuan untuk mengetahui penguburan prasejarah yang terdapat di Gua Pondok Selabe-1 ini, maka perlu diintifikasikan sikap rangka-rangka tersebut, orientasi rangka yang terdapat pada penguburan di situs inin, dan bentuk penguburannya. Hasil pengamatan pada setiap rangka menunjukan bahwa terdapat tiga rangka yang dikuburkan dengan sikap membujur dan dua rangka dikuburkan dengan sikap setengah terlipat. Sementara berdasarkan pengamatan terhadap orientasi rangka, terdapat tiga rangka yang dikuburkan dengan orientasi tenggara-barat-laut, satu rangka dengan orientasi barat-daya-timur-laut, dan satu rangka dengan orientasi barat-timur. secara keseluruhannya, kelima rangka yang terdapat di Gua Pondok Selabe-1 dikuburkan secara primer dan tanpa menggunakan wadah"

"The Scottish archaeologist and anthropologist Daniel Wilson (1816–92) spent the latter part of his life in Canada. Published in 1862, this is a seminal work in the study of early man in which Wilson utilises studies of native tribes 'still seen there in a condition which seems to reproduce some of the most familiar phases ascribed to the infancy of the unhistoric world'. He believed that civilisations initially developed in mild climates and judged the Mayans to have been the most advanced civilisation in the New World. Twentieth-century anthropologist Bruce Trigger argued that Wilson 'interpreted evidence about human behaviour in a way that is far more in accord with modern thinking than are the racist views of Darwin and Lubbock', and it is in this light that this two-volume work can be judged. Volume 2 covers topics ranging from ceramic arts to the influence of interbreeding and migration upon civilisations."