Professor Steven Mithen's complete publications
(1 April 2009)
A. Books as single author
A4. Mithen, S.J. 2005. The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind and Body. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 374 pp. ISBN 13-780297-643173, ISBN 10-0-297-64317 7
2005 US Edition, Harvard University Press
2006 UK paperback, Orion
2007 Japanese edition, Hayakawa Press
2007 Italian edition, Codice Edizione
2007 Spanish edition, Editorial Critica
2008 Russian edition, Veche publishers
2009 Turkish edition, Tubitak publishers
2009 Basque edition, Klasikoak publishers
Winner of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Book competition 2007
A3. Mithen, S.J. 2003. After The Ice: A Global Human History, 20,000-5000 BC. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 622 pp. ISBN 0 297 64318 5
2004, UK paperback, Orion ISBN 0-75381-392-0
2004 US edition, Harvard University Press
2004 Brazilian edition, Imago Editora
2004 Czech edition, B B Art Publishing
2009 Turkish edition, Dogus Iletisim
Long-listed for the Aventis Science Book prize 2004 (12 books)
Long-listed for the British Academy Book prize 2004 (10 books)
Named by Discover Magazine 2005 as one of the 20 best science books in the US for 2004
A2. Mithen, S.J. 1996. The Prehistory of the Mind:A Search for the Origins of Art, Science and Religion. London & New York: Thames & Hudson. 288 pp ISBN 0-500-05081-3
UK paperback published in 1998 by OrionISBN 0 75380 204 X
2003 Brazilian edition, Editora Unesp
2000 Turkish edition, Ankara: Dost Kitabevi Yayinlan
1999 Japanese edition , Tokyo: UNI
1999 Korean edition, Seoul: Eric Yang
1998 Spanish edition, Barcelona:Critica
2008 Greek edition, Vanias publications
A1. Mithen, S.J. 1990. Thoughtful Foragers: A Study of Prehistoric Decision Making. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 289 pp. ISBN 0-521-35700-2
B. Books as editor
B4. Finlayson, B. & Mithen, S.J.(eds) 2007. The Early Prehistory of Wadi Faynan, Southern Jordan: Archaeological Survey of Wadis Faynan, Ghuwayr and al Bustan and Evaluation of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Site of WF16. Oxford: Council for British Archaeology in the Levant/Oxbow Books. 600pp ISBN 978-1-84217-212 41-8217-212-3
B3. Mithen, S.J. (ed.) 2000. Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology: The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1998. Volume 2. Archaeological Fieldwork on Colonsay, Computer Modelling, Experimental Archaeology and Final Interpretations. Cambridge: The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. 296 pp. ISBN 1-902937-11-2
B2. Mithen, S. (ed.) 2000. Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology: The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1998. Volume 1: Project Development, Palaeoenvironmental Studies and Archaeological Fieldwork on Islay. Cambridge: The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. 345 pp. ISBN 1-902937-07-4
B1. Mithen, S.J. (ed.) 1998. Creativity in Human Evolution and Prehistory. London: Routledge. 300 pp ISBN 0-415-16096-0
C. Book in preparation
C1. Mithen, S.J. n.d. To The Islands…Reconstruction Mesolithic settlement in Western Scotland
D. Book in press
E. Articles in preparation
F. Articles submitted and under review
G. Articles in press
G.6. Mithen, S.J. n.d. The Music Instinct: The Evolutionary Basis of Musicality. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
G.5.Mithen, S.J., Finlayson, B., Najjar, M., Jenkins, E., Smith, S., Hemsley, S., Maricevic, D., Pankhurst, N., & Yeomans, L., Al-Amarat, H. n.d. Excavations at the PPNA site WF16: A preliminary report on the 2008 season. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan
G4. Mithen, S.J. n.d. The significance of stones and bones: understanding the biology and evolution of rhythm requires attention to the archaeological and fossil record. In P. Rebuschat, M. Rohrmeier, J. Hawkins & I. Cross (eds) Language and Music as Cognitive Systems, pp. ??-??. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
G3. Mithen, S.J. n.d. Knowledge, cognition and behaviour: An evolutionary perspective. In E. Ribes-Iñesta and J. E. Burgos (eds) Knowledge, Cognition and Behavior. Guadalajara: Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones en Comportamento, Universidad de Guadalajara.
G2. Mithen, S.J. n.d. Out of the mind: material culture and religious thought. In C.Renfrew & I. Morley (eds.) Becoming Human – Innovation in Material and Spiritual Cultures. Cambridge: University Press.
G1. Mithen, S.J. n.d. Peopling the World. In: B. Cunliffe & C. Gosden (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Archaeology. Oxford University Press.
H. Articles in refereed journals
H47. Mithen, S.J. & Parsons, L. 2008. The brain as a cultural artefact. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 18, 401-410
H46. Mithen, S.J., Jenkins, E., Jamjoum, K., Nuimat, S., Nortcliff, S. & Finlayson, B.F. 2008. Experimental crop growing in Jordan to develop methodology for the identification of ancient crop irrigation. World Archaeology 40, 6-25.
H45. Whitehead, P.G., Smith, S.J., Wade, A.J., Mithen S.J., Finlayson, B.L., & Sellwood, B. 2008. Modelling of hydrology and potential population levels at Bronze Age Jawa, Northern Jordan: A Monte Carlo approach to cope with uncertainty. Journal of Archaeological Science 35, 517-529.
H44. Hughes, J., Haywood, A.J., Mithen, S.J., Sellwood, B.W., Valdes, P.J. 2007. Investigating early hominin dispersal patterns: developing a framework for climate data integration. Journal of Human Evolution 53, 465-474.
H43. Machin, A.J., Hosfield, R.T. & Mithen, S.J. 2007. Why are some handaxes symmetrical? Testing the influence of handaxe morphology on butchery effectiveness" Journal of Archaeological Science 34, 883-893
H42. Mithen, S.J. 2007.Did farming arise from a misapplication of social intelligence? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 362, 705-718
H41. Mithen, S.J., Austin, P., Kennedy, K., Lancaster, N., Emberson, H, & Finlayson, B. 2007. Neolithic woodland composition and exploitation in the Southern Levant: A comparison between archaeobotanical remains from WF16 and present day woodland at Hammam Adethni. Environmental Archaeology: The Journal of Human Palaeoecology 12, 71-92
H40. Machin, A. J., Hosfield, R. T. & Mithen, S. J. 2007. Testing the functional utility of handaxe symmetry: fallow deer butchery with replica handaxes Lithics: The Journal of the Lithic Studies Society (for 2005) 26:23-37.
H.39. Pirie, A., Mellars, P.A. & Mithen, S.J. 2006. Cnoc Coig: a Mesolithic shell midden assemblage. Lithics: The Journal of the Lithic Studies Society 27: 4–11.
H38. Mithen, S.J. 2005. Ethnobiology and the evolution of the human mind. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue 1, 55-76.
H37. Mithen, S.J., Finlayson, B. & Shaffrey, R.2005.Sexual symbolism in the Early Neolithic of the southern Levant: pestles and mortars from WF16.Documenta Prahistorica XXXII, 103-110.
H36. Mithen, S.J. & M. Reed. 2002. Stepping Out: A computer simulation of hominid dispersal from Africa. Journal of Human Evolution43, 433-462.
H35. Mithen, S.J. 2001. The Evolution of the Imagination. SubStance : A Review ofTheory and Literary Criticism 30, 28-54.
H34. Finlayson, B, Pirie, A. and Mithen, S.J. 2001. The Dana-Faynan-Al-Ghuwayr Early Prehistory Project, Spring 2000 Season, Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, XLIV, 19-36.
H33. Mithen, S.J., Finlay, N., Carruthers, W., Carter, P., & Ashmore, P. 2001. Plant use in the Mesolithic: The case of Staosnaig. Journal of Archaeological Science28, 223-234.
H32. Mithen, S.J., Finlayson, B., Pirie, A., Carruthers, D. & Kennedy, A. 2000, WF16: New evidence for economic and technological diversity in the PPNA. Current Anthropology 41, 655-662.
H31. Finlayson, A., Mithen, S.J.., Pirie, A., Carruthers, D., Kennedy, A. & Tipping, R. 2000. The Dana-Faynan-Ghuwayr Early Prehistory project 1997 and 1998 field seasons. Levant32, 1-26.
H30. Mithen, S.J. 2000. Mesolithic sedentism on Oronsay? New evidence from radiocarbon dates from adjacent islands. Antiquity 74, 28-34.
H29. Mithen, S.J. 1999. The hunter-gatherer prehistory of human-animal interactions. Anthrozoos12, 195-204.
H28. Mithen, S.J. 1999.Islay and Colonsay: Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in the Hebrides. Current Archaeology, 166, 390-394.
H27. Mithen, S.J. 1999. Problem-solving and the evolution of human culture. The Institute for Cultural Research, Monograph series No. 33.
H26. Kohn, M. & Mithen, S.J. 1999. Handaxes: Products of Sexual Selection? Antiquity 73, 518-26.
H25. Mithen, S.J. 1999. Mesolithic archaeology, environmental archaeology and human palaeoecology. Quaternary Proceedings7, 477-483.
H24. Lake, M.W., Woodman, P.E. & Mithen, S.J. 1998. Tailoring GIS software for archaeological applications: an example concerning viewshed analysis. Journal of ArchaeologicalScience25, 27-38.
H23. Mithen, S.J. 1996. Early Palaeolithic 'concept mediated' marks, mental modularity and the origins of art. Current Anthropology37, 666-670.
H22. Mithen, S.J. 1995. Explaining human culture: evolutionary psychology or social anthropology? Anthropology Today6, 3-7.
H21. Mithen, S.J. 1995. Palaeolithic archaeology and the evolution of mind. Journal of Archaeological Research3, 305-322.
H20. Edwards, K. & Mithen, S.J. 1995 The colonization of the Hebridean Islands of Western Scotland: evidence from the palynological and archaeological records. World Archaeology 26, 348-365.
H19. Mithen, S.J. 1994. Technology and society during the Middle Pleistocene: hominid group size, social learning and industrial variability. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 3, 3-36.
H18. Mithen, S.J. 1993. Individuals, groups and the Palaeolithic record: A reply to Clark. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 59, 393-398.
H17. Clark, R., Mithen, S.J., Dalmeri, G. 1992.Excavations at Pre Alta, Trentino, Northern Italy. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 2, 254-261.
H16. Mithen, S.J., Finlayson, B., Finlay, N. & Lake, M. 1992. Excavations at Bolsay Farm, a Mesolithic site on Islay. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 2, 242-253.
H15. Mithen, S.J. 1991. A cybernetic wasteland? Rationality, emotion and Mesolithic foraging. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 57(2), 9-14.
H14. Mithen, S.J. 1991. La chasseurs et les artistes de la Paléolithique. La Recherche234, 858-65.
H13. Mithen, S.J. 1991. Ecological interpretations of Palaeolithic art. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 57(1), 103-14.
H12. Mithen, S.J. 1991. El Arte de los cazadores Paleolíthicos. Mundo Científico 117, 972-9.
H11. Mithen, S.J. 1991. New evidence for Mesolithic settlement on Colonsay. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 119, 33-41.
H10. Mithen, S.J. & Finlayson, B. 1991. Red deer hunters on Colonsay? The implications of Staosnaig for the interpretation of the Oronsay Middens. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 57(2), 1-8.
H9. Mithen, S.J. 1990. Gleann Mor: A Mesolithic site on Islay. Current Archaeology119, 376-7.
H8. Mithen, S.J. 1989. To hunt or to paint: animals and art in the Upper Palaeolithic. Man (N.S.)23, 671-95.
H7. Mithen, S.J. 1989. Evolutionary theory and post-processual archaeology. Antiquity 63, 483-94.
H6. Mithen, S.J. 1989. Modelling hunter-gatherer decision making: complementing optimal foraging theory. Journal of Human Ecology 17, 59-83.
H5. Mithen, S.J. 1988. Looking and learning: Upper Palaeolithic art and information gathering. World Archaeology 19, 119-37.
H4. Mithen, S.J. & Yanouilli, E. 1988. The random and real architecture of Siphnos: an analysis of Greek house plans using simulation. Archaeological Review from Cambridge 5, 167-80.
H3. Mithen, S.J. 1987. Modelling decision making and learning by low latitude hunter-gatherers. European Journal of Operations Research 30, 240-2.
H2. Lawton, J. & Mithen, S.J. 1986. Food web models that generate constant predator-prey ratios. Oecologica, 69, 542-50.
H1. Mithen, S.J. 1986. Reindeer and risk: simulating Upper Palaeolithic economies. Archaeological Review from Cambridge 5, 88-105.
I. Articles in edited books
I89. Smith, S., Hughes, J. & Mithen, S.J. 2009. Explaining global patterns in Lower Palaeolithic technology: Simulations of hominin dispersals and cultural transmission using 'Stepping Out' . In: S. Shennan (ed) Pattern and Process in Cultural Evolution, pp. 175-190. Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press
I88. Mithen, S.J. 2009. The prehistory of the religious mind. In N. Spurway (ed) Theology, Evolution and the Mind, pp. 10-41. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press.
I87. Mithen, S.J. 2008. The inevitability of religion. An archaeologist's view from the past. In A. Bentley (ed) The Edge of Reason: Science and Religion in the Modern World, pp. 82-94. London: Continuum Press.
I86. Mithen, S.J. 2007. Seven steps in the evolution of the human imagination. In I. Roth (ed.). Imaginative Minds, pp. 3-29. Oxford: Proceedings of the British Academy 147/Oxford University Press.
I85. Mithen, S.J. 2007. Bases evolutivas y prehistoria temprana del transporte humano. In J.J. Almagro et al. (eds) El ArteDel Automóvil, pp. 63-73. Madrid: Mapfre/Fundación Eduardo Barreiros
I84. Mithen, S.J. 2007. Did farming arise from a misapplication of social intelligence? In N. Emery, N. Clayton & C. Frith (eds) Social Intelligence: From Brain to Culture, pp. 353-374. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
I83. Mithen, S.J. 2007. Music and the Origin of Modern Human. In: P. Mellars, K. Boyle, O. Bar-Yosef & C. Stringer (eds) Re-Thinking The Human Revolution, pp. 107-117. Cambridge: McDonald Institute monographs.
I82. Mithen, S.J., Pirie, A.E. & Smith, S & Wicks, K.2007. The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Western Scotland: A review and new evidence from Tiree. In A. Whittle & V. Cummings (eds.) Going Over: The Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition in North-West Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press/Proceedings of the British Academy 144, 511-541.
I81. Mithen, S.J. 2007. Creations of Pre-modern human minds: Stone tool manufacture. In E.Margolis & S.Laurence (eds) Creations of the Mind: Theories of Artifacts and their Representation, pp. 289-311. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
I80. Mithen, S.J. 2007. The network of brain, body, language and culture. In W. Henke & I. Tattersall (eds.) Handbook of Palaeoanthropology. Vol. 3. Phylogeny of Hominines, pp. 1965 – 1999. Heidelberg: Spinger Verlag.
I79. Mithen, S.J. & Finlayson, B.2007. The Dana-Faynan-Ghuwayr early prehistory project. In: B. Finlayson & S.J. Mithen (eds.) The Early Prehistory of Wadi Faynan, Southern Jordan: Archaeological Survey of Wadis Faynan, Ghuwayr and al Bustan and Evaluation of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Site of WF16. pp.1-12. Oxford: Council for British Archaeology in the Levant/Oxbow Books.
I78. Mithen, S. J,, Pirie, A., Whiting, C. & Finlayson, B. 2007. Archaeological survey of Wadis Faynan, Ghuwayr & El Bustan. In:B. Finlayson & S.J. Mithen (eds.) The Early Prehistory of Wadi Faynan, Southern Jordan: Archaeological Survey of Wadis Faynan, Ghuwayr and al Bustan and Evaluation of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Site of WF16. pp. 46-114. Oxford: Council for British Archaeology in the Levant/Oxbow Books.
I77. Lancaster, N., Emberson, H. & Mithen, S. J. 2007. Modern vegetation survey of Hammam Adethni and its palaeoeconomic implications In: B. Finlayson & S. Mithen (eds)The Early Prehistory of Wadi Faynan, Southern Jordan: Archaeological Survey of Wadis Faynan, Ghuwayr and al Bustan and Evaluation of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Site of WF16. pp. 437-446. Oxford: Council for British Archaeology in the Levant/Oxbow Books.
I76. Pinkett, S. & Mithen, S.J. 2007. Rock art at WF400. In: B. Finlayson & S. Mithen (eds)The Early Prehistory of Wadi Faynan, Southern Jordan: Archaeological Survey of Wadis Faynan, Ghuwayr and al Bustan and Evaluation of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Site of WF16. pp. 115-133. Oxford: Council for British Archaeology in the Levant/Oxbow Books.
I75. Clegg, E. & Mithen, S.J. 2007. A comparative study of bifaces from Wadis Faynan and Al Bustan. In: B. Finlayson & S. Mithen (eds) The Early Prehistory of Wadi Faynan, Southern Jordan: Archaeological Survey of Wadis Faynan, Ghuwayr and al Bustan and Evaluation of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Site of WF16. pp. 134-142. Oxford: Council for British Archaeology in the Levant/Oxbow Books.
I74. Finlayson, B. & Mithen, S.J. 2007. Excavations at the Pre-Pottery Neolithic site of WF16. In: B. Finlayson & S.J. Mithen (eds.) The Early Prehistory of Wadi Faynan, Southern Jordan: Archaeological Survey of Wadis Faynan, Ghuwayr and al Bustan and Evaluation of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Site of WF16. pp. 145- 202. Oxford: Council for British Archaeology in the Levant/Oxbow Books.
I73. Mithen, S.J. & Finlayson, B. 2007. The radiocarbon dates. In: B. Finlayson & S.J. Mithen (eds.) The Early Prehistory of Wadi Faynan, Southern Jordan: Archaeological Survey of Wadis Faynan, Ghuwayr and al Bustan and Evaluation of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Site of WF16. pp. 460-469. Oxford: Council for British Archaeology in the Levant/Oxbow Books.
I72. Mithen, S.J. & Finlayson, B. 2007. WF16 and the Pre-pottery Neolithic A of the southern Levant. In: B. Finlayson & S.J. Mithen (eds.) The Early Prehistory of Wadi Faynan, Southern Jordan: Archaeological Survey of Wadis Faynan, Ghuwayr and al Bustan and Evaluation of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Site of WF16. pp. 470-486. Oxford: Council for British Archaeology in the Levant/Oxbow Books.
I71. Mithen, S.J. 2007.Key changes in the evolution of human psychology. In S. Gangestad & J. Simpson (eds.) The Evolution of Mind: Fundamental Questions and Controversies, pp. 256-266. New York: Guildford Publications Inc.
I70. Mithen, S.J. 2007.How the evolution of the human mind can be reconstructed. In S. Gangestad & J. Simpson (eds.) The Evolution of Mind: Fundamental Questions and Controversies, pp. 60-66. New York: Guildford Publications Inc
I69. Mithen, S.J. 2007.General intellectual ability. In S. Gangestad & J. Simpson (eds.) The Evolution of Mind: Fundamental Questions and Controversies, pp. 319-324.New York: Guildford Publications Inc
I68. Mithen, S.J. 2006. The evolution of social information transmission in Homo. In J.C.K. Wells, S.S. Strickland and K. Laland (eds.) Social Information Transmission and Human Biology. London: CRC Press, pp. 151-170.
I67. Mithen, S.J. 2004. Contemporary western art and archaeology. In: C. Renfrew, E. deMarrais & C. Gosden (eds.) Substance, Memory, Display: Archaeology and Art, pp. 153-168. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I66. Mithen, S.J. 2004. From Ohalo to Çatalhöyük: the development of religiosity during the prehistory of Western Asia, 20,000-7000 BC. In: H. Whitehouse & L. Martin (eds.) Theorising Religions Past, pp. 3-43 Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.
I65. Mithen, S.J. 2004. The Mesolithic experience in Scotland. In: A. Saville (ed.) Mesolithic Scotland: The Early Holocene Prehistory of Scotland and its European Context, pp. 243-260. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
I64. Mithen, S.J. 2003. Handaxes: The first aesthetic artefacts. In: E. Voland (ed.) Evolutionary Aesthetics, pp. 261-275. Berlin: Springer Verlag.
I63. Mithen, S.J. 2002. Human evolution and the cognitive basis of science. In: P. Carruthers, S. Stitch & M. Siegal (eds.) The Cognitive Basis of Science, pp. 23-40. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
I62. Mithen, S.J. 2001. Archaeological theory and theories of cognitive evolution. In: I. Hodder (ed.) Archaeological Theory Today, pp. 98-121. London: Polity Press.
I61. Mithen, S.J. 2000. Mind, brain and material culture. In: P. Carruthers & S. Stitch (eds.) Evolution and the Human Mind, Modularity, Language and Meta-Cognition, pp. 207-217. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
I60. Mithen, S.J. 2000. Introduction. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 1. Project Development, Palaeoenvironmental Studies and Archaeological Fieldwork on Islay, pp. 3-5. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I59. Mithen, S.J. 2000. The Scottish Mesolithic: problems, prospects and the rationale for the Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 1. Project Development, Palaeoenvironmental Studies and Archaeological Fieldwork on Islay, pp. 9-38. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I58. Mithen, S.J. 2000. Islay and Colonsay: an introduction to the fieldwork region. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 1. Project Development, Palaeoenvironmental Studies and Archaeological Fieldwork on Islay, pp. 39-52. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I57. Mithen, S.J. 2000. Aims and development. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 1. Project Development, Palaeoenvironmental Studies and Archaeological Fieldwork on Islay, pp. 53-56. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I56. Finlayson, B, Finlay, N. & Mithen, S.J. 2000.The cataloguing and analysis of the lithic assemblage. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 1. Project Development, Palaeoenvironmental Studies and Archaeological Fieldwork on Islay, pp. 61-70. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I55. Mithen, S.J. 2000. Archaeological fieldwork on Islay: an introduction. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 1. Project Development, Palaeoenvironmental Studies and Archaeological Fieldwork on Islay, pp. 151-152. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I54. Mithen, S.J., Finlayson, B., Mathews, M. & Woodman, P.E. 2000. The Islay survey. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 1. Project Development, Palaeoenvironmental Studies and Archaeological Fieldwork on Islay, pp. 153-186. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I53. Mithen, S.J. & Finlayson, B. 2000. Gleann Mor, Islay: test-pit survey and trial excavation. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 1. Project Development, Palaeoenvironmental Studies and Archaeological Fieldwork on Islay, pp. 187-206. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I52. Mithen, S.J., Finlay, N. & Phillips, T. 2000. Rockside, Islay: test-pit survey and trial excavation. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 1. Project Development, Palaeoenvironmental Studies and Archaeological Fieldwork on Islay, pp. 207-216. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I51. Mithen, S.J. & Finlay, N. 2000. Coulererach, Islay: test-pit survey and trial excavation. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 1. Project Development, Palaeoenvironmental Studies and Archaeological Fieldwork on Islay, pp. 217-230. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I50. Mithen, S.J., Woodman, P.E., Finlay, N. & Finlayson, B. 2000. Aoradh: test-pit survey and trial excavation. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 1. Project Development, Palaeoenvironmental Studies and Archaeological Fieldwork on Islay, pp. 231-240. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I49. Marshall, G. & Mithen, S.J. 2000. Kindrochid, Islay: test-pit survey and trial excavation. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 1. Project Development, Palaeoenvironmental Studies and Archaeological Fieldwork on Islay, pp. 241-250. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I48. Mithen, S.J., Mathews, M., Marshall, G. & Finlay, N. 2000. LGM1, LGM2, BOW9, BOW10, PCH2, PCH3, Islay: test-pit surveys and gridded collections. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 1. Project Development, Palaeoenvironmental Studies and Archaeological Fieldwork on Islay, pp. 251-258. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I47. Mithen, S.J., Lake, M. Finlay, N. 2000. Bolsay Farm, Islay: test-pit survey and trial excavation. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 1. Project Development, Palaeoenvironmental Studies and Archaeological Fieldwork on Islay, pp. 259-290. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I46. Mithen, S.J., Lake, M. Finlay, N. 2000. Bolsay Farm, Islay: area excavation. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 1. Project Development, Palaeoenvironmental Studies and Archaeological Fieldwork on Islay, pp. 291-330. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I45. Mithen, S.J., Lake, M. Finlay, N. 2000. The Colonsay survey. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 2 Archaeological Fieldwork on Colonsay, computer modelling, experimental archaeology, and final interpretations,pp. 349-358. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I44. Mithen, S.J., Finlay, N., Carruthers, W., Carter, S., Hather, J., Lake, M., Mason, S. & Marshall, G. 2000. Staosnaig, Colonsay: excavations 1989-1995. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 2 Archaeological Fieldwork on Colonsay, computer modelling, experimental archaeology, and final interpretations,pp. 359-442. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I43. Score, D. & Mithen, S.J. 2000. The experimental roasting of hazelnuts. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 2 Archaeological Fieldwork on Colonsay, computer modelling, experimental archaeology, and final interpretations,pp. 507-512. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I42. Barlow, C. & Mithen, S.J. 2000. The experimental use of limpet hammers. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 2 Archaeological Fieldwork on Colonsay, computer modelling, experimental archaeology, and final interpretations,pp. 513-522. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I41. Baderman, R. & Mithen, S.J. 2000. The experimental manufacture of an Obanian harpoon. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 2 Archaeological Fieldwork on Colonsay, computer modelling, experimental archaeology, and final interpretations,pp. 513-522. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I40. Mithen, S.J., Marshall, G., Dopel, B. & Lake, M. 2000. The experimental knapping of flint beach pebbles. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 2 Archaeological Fieldwork on Colonsay, computer modelling, experimental archaeology, and final interpretations,pp. 529-540. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I39. Mithen, S.J., Finlay, N. & Finlayson, B. 2000. An introduction to the technological summaries and inter-site variability. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 2 Archaeological Fieldwork on Colonsay, computer modelling, experimental archaeology, and final interpretations,pp. 543-546. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I38. Mithen, S.J. & Finlayson, B. 2000. Variability in assemblage composition: comparisons with an experimentally produced debitage template. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 2 Archaeological Fieldwork on Colonsay, computer modelling, experimental archaeology, and final interpretations,pp. 547-552. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I37. Finlayson, B., Finlay, N. & Mithen, S.J. 2000. The primary technology: its character and inter-site variability. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 2 Archaeological Fieldwork on Colonsay, computer modelling, experimental archaeology, and final interpretations,pp. 553-570. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I36. Finlay, N., Finlayson, B.Mithen, S.J. 2000. The secondary technology: its character and inter-site variability. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 2 Archaeological Fieldwork on Colonsay, computer modelling, experimental archaeology, and final interpretations,pp. 571-588. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I35. Finlayson, B. & Mithen, S.J. 2000. The morphology and microwear of microliths from Bolsay Farm and Gleann Mor: a comparative study. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 2 Archaeological Fieldwork on Colonsay, computer modelling, experimental archaeology, and final interpretations,pp. 589-594. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I34. Mithen, S.J. 2000. The Mesolithic in the Southern Hebrides: issues of colonisation, settlement and the transitions to the Neolithic and farming. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 2 Archaeological Fieldwork on Colonsay, computer modelling, experimental archaeology, and final interpretations,pp. 597-628. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I33. Mithen, S.J. 2000. Finale: the Mesolithic experience in Scotland. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Hunter-Gatherer Landscape Archaeology, The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-1995. Vol. 2 Archaeological Fieldwork on Colonsay, computer modelling, experimental archaeology, and final interpretations,pp. 627-634. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
I32. Mithen, S.J. 1999. Handaxes and ice age carvings:hard evidence for the evolution of consciousness. In: S. Hameroff, A.W. Kaszniak and D.J.Chalmers (eds.) Towards a Science of Consciousness III, pp. 281-296. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.
I31. Mithen, S.J. & Spivey, N. 1999. Cognition: thought, ideas and belief. In: G.Barker (ed.) The Companion Encyclopedia of Archaeology, pp.714-755. London:Routledge.
I30. Mithen, S.J. 1999. Palaeoanthropological perspectives on the theory of mind. In: S. Baron-Cohen, H.T. Flusberg & D. Cohen (eds.) Understanding Other Minds: perspectives from autism and cognitive neuroscience, pp. 494-508. Oxford University Press.
I29. Mithen, S.J. 1999. Symbolism and the supernatural. In: R. Dunbar, C. Knight & C. Power (eds.) The Evolution of Culture, pp. 147-169. Edinburgh University Press.
I28. Mithen, S.J. 1999. Hunter-gatherers of the Mesolithic. In: I. Ralston & J. Hunter (eds.), The Archaeology of Britain. pp. 35-57. London: Routledge.
I27. Mithen, S.J. 1999.Social learning and cultural change: a view from the stone age. In: H. Box & K. Gibson (eds.) Mammalian Social Learning: Comparative and Ecological Perspectives. pp. 389-399. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
I26. Mithen, S.J. 1998. Editorials. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Creativity in Human Evolution and Prehistory, pp.19-21, 93-109, 195-202. London: Routledge.
I25. Mithen, S.J. 1998. A Creative Explosion: Theory of mind, language and the disembodied mind of the Upper Palaeolithic. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Creativity in Human Evolution and Prehistory, pp. 165-192. London: Routledge.
I24. Mithen, S.J. 1998. Introduction: The archaeological study of human creativity. In: S. Mithen (ed.) Creativity in Human Evolution and Prehistory, pp. 1-15. London: Routledge.
I23. Mithen, S.J. 1998. The supernatural beings of prehistory: the external symbolic storage of religious ideas. In: C. Scarre& C. Renfrew (eds.) Cognition and Culture: The Archaeology of Symbolic Storage, pp. 97-106. Cambridge: McDonald Institute.
I22. Mithen, S.J. 1998. From domain specific to generalised intelligence: a cognitive interpretation of the Middle/Upper Palaeolithic transition. In: D.S. Whitley (ed.) Reader in Archaeological Theory: Post-Processual and Cognitive Approaches, pp. 137-156 London: Routledge.
I21. Finlayson, B & Mithen, S.J. 1997. The microwear and morphology of microliths from Gleann Mor. In: H.Knecht (ed.) Projectile Technology, pp. 107-130. New York: Plenum Press.
I20. Mithen, S.J. 1997.Cognitive archaeology, evolutionary psychology and cultural transmission, with particular reference to religious ideas. In: G.A. Clark & M. Barton (eds.) Rediscovering Darwin: Evolutionary Theory in Archaeological Interpretation. Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association No. 7, pp. 67-74.
I19. Mithen, S.J. 1997. Simulating mammoth hunting and extinctions: implications for North America. In: S. van de Leeuw & J. McGlade (eds.) Time, Process and Structured Transformation in Archaeology, pp. 176-215.London: Routledge.
I18. Mithen, S.J. 1996. The early prehistory of human social behaviour: issues of archaeological inference and cognitive evolution. In: W.G. Runciman, J. Maynard-Smith & R.I.M. Dunbar (eds.)Evolution of Social Behaviour Patterns in Primates and Man, Proceedings of the British Academy, 88, 145-77.
I17. Mithen, S.J. 1996. The origin of art: natural signs, mental modularity and visual symbolism. In: H. Maschner (ed.) Darwinian Archaeologies, pp. 197-217. New York: Plenum Press.
I16. Maschner, H. & Mithen, S.J. 1996. Darwinian archaeologies: an introductory essay. In: H. Maschner (ed.) Darwinian Archaeologies, pp. 3-14. New York: Plenum Press.
I15. Mithen, S.J. 1996. Ecological interpretations of Palaeolithic art. In: I. Hodder & R. Preucel (eds.) Contemporary Archaeology In Theory, pp. 79-96. Oxford: Blackwell (reprint of paper 1991 Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society).
I14. Mithen, S.J. 1996. Domain specific intelligence and the Neanderthal mind. In: P.Mellars & K.Gibson (eds.) The Early Human Mind. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, pp. 217-229.
I13. Finlayson, B., Finlay, N. & Mithen, S.J. 1996. Descriptive and analytical procedures for the analysis of lithic assemblages by the Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project. In: T. Pollard (ed.) The Stone Age in Scotland,pp. 252-266. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
I12. Mithen, S.J. & Lake, M. 1996. The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project: reconstructing Mesolithic settlement in Scotland. In: T. Pollard (ed.) The Stone Age in Scotland, pp. 123-151. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
I11. Mithen, S.J. 1996. Social learning and cultural tradition: interpreting early Palaeolithic technology. In: S. Shennan & J. Steele (eds) Power, Sex and Tradition: The Archaeology of Human Ancestry, pp. 207-229. London: Routledge.
I10. Mithen, S.J. 1996. Mesolithic settlement and raw material use in the southern Hebrides. In: A. Fischer (ed.) Man and Sea in the Mesolithic. Oxford: Oxbow Books Monograph 53,pp. 265-272.
I9. Mithen, S.J. 1994. Simulating prehistoric hunter-gatherer societies. In: N. Gilbert & J. Doran (eds.) Simulating Societies,pp. 165-193. London: University College of London Press.
I8. Mithen, S.J. 1994. From domain specific to generalised intelligence: a cognitive interpretation of the Middle/Upper Palaeolithic transition. In: A.C. Renfrew & E. Zubrow (eds.) The Ancient Mind, pp. 29-39. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
I7. Mithen, S.J. 1994. The Mesolithic Age. In: B. Cunliffe (ed.) The Oxford Illustrated Prehistory of Europe, pp. 79-135.Oxford: Oxford University Press.
I6. Mithen, S.J. 1993. Simulating mammoth hunting and extinction: implications for the Late Pleistocene of the central Russian Plain. In: G.L. Peterkin, H.M. Bricker & P. Mellars (eds.) Hunting and Animal Exploitation in the Later Palaeolithic and Mesolithic of Eurasia, pp. 163-178. Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association.
I5. Hodges, R. & Mithen, S.J. 1993. (contributions from S. Gibson & J. Mitchell) The South Church: A late Roman funerary church (San Vincenzo Minore) and the Hall for Distinguished Guests. In: R. Hodges (ed.)San Vincenzo al Volturno I, The 1980-86 Excavations. London: Archaeological Monographs of the British School at Rome, 7: 123-190.
I4. Mithen, S.J. 1988. Simulation as a methodological tool: inferring hunting goals from faunal assemblages. In: C. Ruggles & S. Rahtz (eds.) Quantitative and Computer Applications in Archaeology. Oxford: B.A.R. 393: 119-37.
I3. Mithen, S.J. 1987. Prehistoric red deer hunting: a cost-risk-benefit model with reference to Upper Palaeolithic northern Spain and Mesolithic Denmark.In: P. Rowley-Conwy etal. (eds.) Recent Research in the Mesolithic of North-West Europe.Sheffield: Department of Archaeology & Prehistory, pp. 93-108.
I2. Mithen, S.J. 1986. The application of Leslie matrix models in archaeology. In: J. Bell, G. Lock & P. Reilly (eds.) Formal Methods, Quantitative Techniques and Computer Applications in Archaeology, Science in Archaeology, 28: 24-31.
I1. Mithen, S.J. & Coutts, C. 1985. The Late Roman and early Medieval cemeteries at San Vincenzo al Volturno: an assessment of the mortuary evidence. In: R. Hodges & J. Mitchell (eds.) The Archaeology, Art and Territory of an early Medieval Monastery, Oxford: B.A.R. 252: 61-81.
J. Short reports & miscellaneous contributions
J58. Finlayson, B., Mithen, S.J., al-Najjar, M., Smith, S. & Jenkins, E. 2009. New excavations at the Pre-Pottery Neolithic site of Wadi Faynan 16. CBRL Bulletin 3, 60-61.
J57. Mithen, S.J. & Wicks, K. 2009.The Inner Hebrides Archaeological Project 2008: Excavation at Fiskary Bay, Coll. Discovery & Excavation in Scotland 9, ??.
J56. Mithen, S.J. 2008.'Whatever turns you on': a response to Anna Machin, 'Why handaxes just aren't that sexy'. Antiquity 82, 766-769
J55. Mithen, S.J. 2008. The Inner Hebrides Archaeological Project 2007: Fieldwork on Coll and Mull. Discovery & Excavation in Scotland 8, 36.
J54. Mithen, S.J. 2008. The Diva within. New Scientist 23 February 2008, pp. 38-39.
J53. Mithen, S.J., Wicks, K. & Hill, J. 2007. Fiskary Bay: A Mesolithic fishing camp on Coll. Scottish Archaeology News 55, 14-15
J52. Mithen, S.J. 2007. Return to Staosnaig. British Archaeology 97, 28-31
J51. Mithen, S.J. 2007.The Singing and Dancing Neanderthals. Dig Magazine 9, 16-17
J50. Mithen, S.J., Pirie, A.E., & Smith, S. 2007. The Inner Hebrides Archaeological Project 2006: Fieldwork on Mull and Coll. Discovery & Excavation in Scotland 7, 28.
J49. Mithen, S.J. 2007. Searching for the origins of language at Blombos Cave. British Archaeology 93, 17-19
J48. Mithen, S.J, Pirie, A.E, & Smith, S. 2006. Newly discovered chipped stone assemblages from Tiree. Discovery & Excavation in Scotland 6, 22
J47. Mithen, S.J. 2006. Overview and response to reviewers of The Singing Neanderthals. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 16.1, 97-112.
J46. Mithen, S.J. 2005.Moved by music. New Scientist 16 July, pp. 46-47
J45. Mithen, S.J. 2005.Clubbing cavemen really rock. Times Higher Educational Supplement 1,698, 21
J44. Mithen, S.J. 2005. Comment on 'Archaeometry and materiality: materials based analysis in theory an practice' by A. Jones. Archaeometry 47, 189-192
J43. Machin, A. & Mithen, S.J. 2005 Comment on 'The large cutting tools from the cave of hearths, Limpopo Province, South Africa, and their relationship to other South African Acheulean assemblages' By J. McNabb, F. Binyon & L. Hazelwood. Current Anthropology, 45:668-669
J42. Mithen, S. 2005. Mental Modularity. In: C. Renfrew & P. Bahn (eds.) Archaeology: The Key Concepts, pp. 171-176.London: Routledge.
J41. Mithen, S.J. 2004 'We have always been …cyborgs' (commentary on 'Natural Made Cyborgs' by Andy Clark as part of a review symposium)Metascience 13, 163-169.
J40. Mithen, S.J. 2004. 'Stone Tools', 'Fire', 'Wooden Tools', 'Grinders & Polishers', 'Cereal Agriculture', and the 'Earliest Art'. In: B. Fagan (ed.) The Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World (pp. 21-27, 32-33, 91-94, 215-219). London: Thames & Hudson.
J39. Mithen, S.J. 2004. Neolithic beginnings in Western Asia and Beyond. British Academy Review 7, 45-49.
J38. Mithen, S.J. 2003. Of ice and men. Times Educational Supplement Teacher Magazine. Sept. 5, pp. 8-11.
J37. Mithen, S.J. 2003. Stepping Out: when and why did our forebears first disperse from their African home? Planet Earth NERC. Summer 2003. 28-29.
J36. Mithen, S.J. 2003. Travels in time put flesh on forebears. Times Higher Educational Supplement, No. 1594, pp. 22-23.
J35. Mithen, S.J. 2003. Thoroughly mobile minds. New Scientist 178, no. 2395, pp. 40-41.
J34. Mithen, S.J. 2001. The puzzle of human origins. In: B. Fagan (ed.) The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Ancient World, pp. 85-88. London: Thames & Hudson.
J33. Mithen, S.J. 2001. How did language evolve? In: B. Fagan (ed.) The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Ancient World, pp. 89-91. London: Thames & Hudson.
J32. Mithen, S.J. 2001. What happened to the Neanderthals? In: B. Fagan (ed.) The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Ancient World, pp. 92-95. London: Thames & Hudson.
J31. Mithen, S.J. 2001. What wiped out the big game animals? In: B. Fagan (ed.) The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Ancient World, pp. 109-114. London: Thames & Hudson.
J30. Mithen, S.J. 2001. How did farming begin? In: B. Fagan (ed.) The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Ancient World, pp. 114-117. London: Thames & Hudson.
J29. Mithen, S.J. 2000. Comment on 'Emotion in Archaeology' by Sarah Tarlow. Current Anthropology 41, 738-9.
J28. Mithen, S.J. 2000. Evolution of mating strategies: evidence from the fossil and archaeological records (comment on Gangestad & Simpson). Behavioural and Brain Sciences 23 (4), 615-6.
J27. Mithen, S.J. 2000. Comment on 'A new look at the Berekhat Ram figurine' by F. D'Errico & A. Nowell. Cambridge Archaeological Journal10, 149-151
J26. Mithen, S.J.& Finlayson, B. 2000. WF16, a new PPNA site in Southern Jordan. Antiquity 74, 11-12.
J25. Mithen, S.J. 1999. Comment on 'Cave Art, Autism and the Evolution of the Human Mind' by N. Humphrey. Journal of Consciousness Studies 6,128-131 (reprinted version of article and comments in Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 8 (1998).
J24. Mithen, S.J. 1999. 'Cognitive Archaeology'. In:R.A. Wilson & F.C. Keil (eds.) The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences, pp. 122-123. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT press.
J23. Mithen, S.J. 1999. Contributions on 'Decision theory, optimal foraging theory, and optimisation models'. In: I. Shaw & R. Jameson (eds.) Blackwell's Dictionary of Archaeological Method and Theory, Oxford: Blackwells.
J22. Mithen, S.J. 1998. Comment on 'Cave Art, Autism and the Evolution of the Human Mind' by N. Humphrey. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 8, 180-2.
J21. Finlayson, B. & Mithen, S.J. 1998. The Dana-Faynan (South Jordan) Epipalaeolithic Project: Report on Reconnaissance survey, 12-22 April 1996. LevantXXX 27-32.
J20. Mithen, S.J. 1998. Comment on 'Neanderthal and Early Modern Human Behavioural Variability in the Levantine Mousterian' by J.J.Shea. Current Anthropology 39: 67-69.
J19. Mithen, S.J. 1998. Comment on 'A critique of Evolutionary Archaeology' by J.L. Boone & E.A. Smith. Current Anthropology 39: 163-165.
J18. Finlayson, B. & Mithen, S.J. 1997. The Dana-Faynan Epipalaeolithic Project. American Journal of Archaeology, 101: 503-5.
J17. Mithen, S.J. 1997. Reply to Noble & Davidson review of 'The Prehistory of the Mind'. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 7, 277-279.
J16. Mithen, S.J. 1997. The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic project. In: A.G. Dawson & S. Dawson (eds.) The Quaternary of Islay and Jura, pp. 60-65. Cambridge: Quaternary Research Association.
J15. Allen, J.R.L., Bradley, R.L.,Fulford, M.G., Rippon, S.J., Mithen, S.J. & Tyson, H.J.. The archaeological resource: chronological overview. In: M. Fulford, T. Champion & A. Long (eds.) England's Coastal Heritage: A survey for English Heritage and the RCHME, pp. 103-153.London: English Heritage.
J14. Mithen, S.J. 1996. Comment on 'Emergency decisions, cultural selection mechanics and group selection', by Christopher Boehm. Current Anthropology 37, 782-783.
J13. Mithen, S.J. 1996. Putting anthropomorphism into an evolutionary context. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Society 2, 717-719.
J12. Mithen, S.J. 1996. Contributions on 'The Origin of Language, The Mesolithic Age, Palaeolithic Notation. In: B. Fagan (ed.) The Oxford Companion to Archaeology, New York: Oxford University Press.
J11. Mithen, S.J. 1996. Explaining the Early Human mind. British Archaeology 15:6.
J10. Mithen, S.J. 1995. Thoughtful Flakers: A Reply to Ashton & McNabb. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 5, 298-301.
J9. Mithen, S.J. , Finlay, N. & Finlayson, B. 1994. A Lower Palaeolithic Handaxe from Islay, Scotland. Lithics, 13.
J8. Mithen, S.J. 1993. Pictures in the Mind. The Times Higher Educational Supplement July 9, p. 17.
J7. Mithen, S.J. 1993. Coulererach. Discovery & Excavation in Scotland (1993), 68-9.
J6. Mithen, S.J. 1993. Comment on B. Cullen The Cultural Virus Critique. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 3, 194-5.
J5. Mithen, S.J. 1992.Bolsay Farm. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland, (1992), 56.
J4. Mithen, S.J. 1991. Archaeologies of dissonance and interpretation: a comment on Hodder and Tilley 1991, Scottish Archaeological Review 8: 23-5.
J3. Mithen, S.J. 1990. Fieldwork at Gleann Mor and Bolsay Farm. Discovery & Excavation in Scotland (1990), 32.
J2. Mithen, S.J. 1989. Microlithic assemblages from Colonsay & Islay, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland.
J1. Mithen, S.J. 1985. Archaeology in the junior school: a cave art project, Archaeological Review from Cambridge, 4: 241-3.
K. Book reviews
K52. Mithen, S.J. 2007. When we were nice. Review of 'On Deep History and the Brain', by Daniel Lord Smail. London Review of Books 30 (2), 24-25
K51. Mithen, S.J. 2007. Review of 'The Agricultural Revolution: Why Foragers Became Farmers' by Graeme Barker. British Archaeology September-October 2007, p. ??
K50. Mithen, S.J. 2007. Review of 'Feast: Why Humans Share Food' by Martin Jones. British Archaeology July-August, p.52
K49. Mithen, S.J. 2006. Review of 'The Archaeology of Warfare: Prehistories of Raiding and Conquest', edited by Elizabeth Arkush and Mark Allen. New Scientist 22 July 2006, pp. 54-55.
K48. Mithen, S.J. 2006. Review of 'Çatalhöyük: the Leopard's Tale. Revealing the Mysteries of Turkey's Ancient 'Town' by Ian Hodder. Times Higher Educational Supplement 19 August 2006
K47. Mithen, S.J. 2006. Review of 'Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors' by Nicholas Wade. New Scientist 8 April 2006.
K46. Mithen, S.J. 2006.Review of 'The Quest for the Shaman' by M. & S. Aldhouse Green. Times Higher Educational Supplement 26 August 2006
K45. Mithen, S.J. 2006. Review of 'Understanding Early Civilisations' by Bruce Trigger. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute(N.S.) 12, 683-684
K44. Mithen, S.J. 2006. Review of 'The Metaphysics of Apes: Negotiating the Animal-Human boundary' by Raymond Corby. Cambridge Archaeological Journal16, 257-258
K43. Mithen, S.J. 2005. Review of 'Archaeology & Modernity' by Julian Thomas. Antiquaries Journal, 85, 401-0
K42. Mithen, S.J. 2005.Review of 'Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science' edited by Joel Gunn. Times Higher Educational Supplement July 22, pp. 24-25.
K41. Mithen, S.J. 2005.Review of 'The Goddess & The Bull: An Archaeological Journey to the Dawn of Civilization' by Michael Balter. Science 308, 794-795.
K40. Mithen, S.J. 2005.Review of The Human Past', edited by C. Scarre. British Archaeology July/Aug 2005
K39. Mithen, S.J. 2004. Review of 'Figuring it Out' by Colin Renfrew. European Journal of Archaeology 7.1, 92-94
K38. Mithen, S. 2004. Review of 'Genes, Memes and Human History' by S. Shennan, Antiquaries Journal 84, 433
K37. Mithen, S.J. 2004. Review of 'The First Idea: How Symbols, Language and Intelligence Evolved from our Primate Ancestors' to Modern Human' by S.I. Greenspan & S.G.Shanker. New Scientist28 August 2004, p. 50.
K36. Mithen, S.J. 2004. Review of 'The Human Story' by R.Dunbar. New Scientist 3 April.
K35. Mithen, S.J. 2004. Review of 'Examining the Farming/Language Dispersal Hypothesis' by P.Bellwood & C. Renfrew. Science 303, 1298-1299.
K34. Mithen, S.J. 2004. Review of 'Return to Chauvet Cave:Excavating the Birth Place of Art' edited by Jean Clottes, and 'Prehistoric Art: the Symbolic Journey of Human Kind' by R. White. Times Higher Educational Supplement, 9 January, p. 27.
K33. Mithen, S.J. 2003. Review of 'The Museum of the Mind' by J. Mack. New Scientist 5 April 2003, p. 52.
K32. Mithen, S.J. 2002. Review of 'The Neanderthal's Necklace' by J.-L. Arsuaga. Fortean Times May 2003, p. 61.
K31. Mithen, S.J. 2002. Review of 'The Mind in the Cave', by D. Williams. Times Higher Educational Supplement, 11 April 2003, p. 23.
K30. Mithen, S.J. 2002. Review of 'A Brain for All Seasons', by W. Calvin. Times Higher Educational Supplement 4 October 2002, p. 29.
K29. Mithen, S.J. 2002. Review of 'In the Mind's Eye', edited by A. Nowell. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 12, 274-277.
K28. Mithen, S.J. 2000. Review of 'Public Archaeology'. Times Higher Educational Supplement.
K27. Mithen, S.J. 2000. Review of 'Internet Archaeology'. Times Higher Educational Supplement no. 1463, 41.
K26. Mithen, S.J. 2000. Review of 'The Cave of Altamira', ed. A. Beltran. Times Higher Educational Supplement.
K25. Mithen, S.J. 2000.Review of 'The Mathematical Brain' by B. Butterworth. Times Higher Educational Supplement.
K24. Mithen, S.J. 1999. Review of 'Eyewitness to Discovery', edited by B. Fagan. The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.
K23. Mithen, S.J. 1998. Review of 'A Hunter-Gatherer Landscape' by M. Jochim. The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.
K22. Mithen, S.J. 1998. Review of 'Stone Age Archaeology: essays in honour of John Wymer', edited by N. Ashton, F. Healey & P. Pettitt. Lithics.
K21. Mithen, S.J. 1997. Review of 'Neuronal Man: The Biology of Mind' by J-P. Chagnon. Annals of Human Biology.
K20. Mithen, S.J. 1997. Review of 'The Handbook of Human Symbolic Evolution', edited by A. Lock & C. Peters. The Times Higher Educational Supplement 1302, 33.
K19. Mithen, S.J. 1997. Review of 'Human Evolution, Language and Mind' by W. Noble & Iain Davidson. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 7, 269-275.
K18. Mithen, S.J. 1997. Review of 'American Beginnings: The Prehistory of Beringia', edited by Frederick Hadleigh West. Journal of Human Evolution30.
K17. Mithen, S.J. 1997 What more is there to say? Three books on the origin of language (review article of "The Seeds of Speech" by J. Aitcheson; "Grooming, Gossip and the Origin of Language" by R. Dunbar; "Language and Human Behaviour" by D. Bickerton) Cambridge Archaeological Journal 7, 152-7.
K16. Mithen, S.J. 1996. Review of 'The Maglemose Culture' by O. Grøn. Antiquity 270, 1008-1011.
K15. Mithen, S.J. 1996. Review of 'The Adapted Mind', eds. J. Barkow, L. Cosmides & J. Tooby. Journal of Anthropological Research 53, 100-102.
K14. Mithen, S.J. 1996. Review of 'On the Track of a Prehistoric Economy' by H.P. Blankholm. Journal of Archaeological Science 23, 953-954.
K13. Mithen, S.J. 1996.Review of 'Mousterian Lithic Technology: an ecological perspective' by S. Kuhn. Journal of Human Evolution30, 385-388.
K12. Mithen, S.J. 1994.Review of 'Timewalkers: the prehistory of global colonization' by C. Gamble. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 60, 452-454.
K11. Mithen, S.J. 1994. Review of 'The Rock Art of Easter Island' by G. Lee. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 60, 449-450.
K10. Mithen, S.J. 1994. Review of 'Australian Rock Art: A New Synthesis' by R. Layton. Man (N.S.) 29, 211-212.
K9. Mithen, S.J. 1993. Language, technology and intelligence: a Holy Trinity for cognitive archaeology (review of 'Language and Intelligence in Monkeys and Apes'edited by S. Parker & K. Gibson and 'Tools, Language and Cognition in Human Evolution' edited by K. Gibson & T. Ingold), Cambridge Archaeological Journal 3, 285-294.
K8. Mithen, S.J. 1993. Review of 'Mammoths, Mastodonts and Elephants: Biology, Behaviour and the Fossil Record' by G. Haynes, Journal of Archaeological Science 20, 712-714.
K7. Mithen, S.J. 1993. Review of 'Iberia Before the Iberians' by L .Straus. Man (N.S) 28, 605-6.
K6. Mithen, S.J. 1991.Home bases and stone caches: the archaeology of early hominid activities (review article of 'The Archaeology of Human Origins: papers of G. Isaac, edited by B. Isaac, and 'Early Hominid Activities at Olduvai' by R. Potts), Cambridge Archaeological Journal 1: 277-83.
K5. Mithen, S.J. 1991. Review of 'Alternative Approaches to Lithic Analysis', edited by D. Henrey & G. Odell, Journal of Archaeological Science18, 621-622.
K4. Mithen, S.J. 1991. Review of 'Animals into Art', edited by H. Morphy, Anthrozoos.
K3. Mithen, S.J. 1991. Review of 'A History of Archaeological Thought', by B. Trigger, Journal of the History of Ideas.
K2. Mithen, S.J. 1986. Review of 'Upper Palaeolithic Settlement and Land use', byR. White, Journal of Archaeological Science 13: 501-3.
K1. Mithen, S.J. 1984. Review of 'Prehistoric Foraging in a Temperate Forest: A Linear Programming Model', by A.S. Keene. Journal of Archaeological Science 11: 485-86.