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September 17, 2025Archaeological DialoguesOpen Access

A guide to the mechanisms of transformation: The role of materials in cognitive change

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BVBruno Vindrola-PadrósKiel UniversityLSLizzie ScholtusKiel UniversityKFKata FurholtKiel University

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Implication

New frameworks formalise mechanisms of transformation in cognition and behaviour, indicating a shift in archaeological analysis.

Key Points

  • Materials actively shape human behaviour and cognition, highlighting their transformative role in the archaeological record.
  • Three formalised mechanisms—visual enchantment, mechanical degradation, and obtrusion—illustrate how materials affect cognition.
  • A framework is needed to integrate these mechanisms into archaeological analyses and classifications of materials.
  • Human expectations and changing material states must be considered in understanding human–material relations.

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Vindrola-Padrós et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d4605131b076d99fa5fc5dhttps://doi.org/10.1017/s1380203825100159
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