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  1. On a creativity that is mundane, cooperative, and material

    Article • March 2026, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  2. On a creativity that is mundane, cooperative, and material

    Article • Journal of Cognitive Psychology, March 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  3. Inka numbers, khipu, and yupana: A reanalysis

    Article • February 2025, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  4. Philosophy and prehistory: new perspectives on minds, art, and culture

    Article • February 2025, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  5. Inka Numbers, Khipu, and Yupana: a Reanalysis

    Article • Journal of Cognition and Culture, February 2025, De Gruyter

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  6. Philosophy and prehistory: new perspectives on minds, art, and culture

    Article • Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  7. Common creativity

    Article • January 2025, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  8. Writing as an extended cognitive system

    Article • January 2025, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  9. The Mathematical Enigma of Guamán Poma’s Yupana

    Article • January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  10. The archaeology of mind—Past, present, and future

    Article • October 2024, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  11. The expert Neandertal mind and brain, revisited

    Article • October 2024, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  12. On the problem of the interpretation of symbols and symbolism in archaeology

    Article • October 2024, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  13. Prehistoric numeracy: Approaches, assumptions, and issues

    Article • October 2024, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  14. The beginning of time

    Article • September 2024, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  15. The Beginning of Time

    Article • Cambridge Archaeological Journal, September 2024, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  16. Strange and wonderful: Numbers through a new (material) lens

    Article • June 2024, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  17. Notational systems are distinct cognitive systems with different material prehistories [Commentary on “The puzzle of ideography” by Olivier Morin]

    Article • March 2024, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  18. Writing as an extended cognitive system

    Article • Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  19. Common Creativity

    Article • July 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  20. Prehistoric Numeracy

    Article • June 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  21. Introduction

    Article • June 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  22. Ancient Near Eastern numbers: A story of contrasts and cultural identities

    Article • June 2023, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  23. Writing system transmission and change: A neurofunctional perspective

    Article • June 2023, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  24. The Expert Neandertal Mind and Brain, Revisited

    Article • May 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  25. Review of Stephen Chrisomalis, Reckonings: Numerals, Cognition, and History

    Article • May 2023, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  26. The Materiality of Numbers

    Article • May 2023, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  27. On the Problem of the Interpretation of Symbols and Symbolism in Archaeology

    Article • February 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  28. Notational systems are distinct cognitive systems with different material prehistories

    Article • Behavioral and Brain Sciences, January 2023, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  29. Desana numerical symbols: An Indigenous creation narrated by Diakuru and Kisibi

    Article • December 2022, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  30. Desana numerical symbols

    Article • Written Language & Literacy, December 2022, John Benjamins

    Annick Payne, Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  31. Early writing: A cognitive archaeological perspective on literacy and numeracy

    Article • June 2022, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  32. Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Archaeology

    Article • May 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  33. Early Writing

    Article • Visible Language, May 2022, University of Cincinnati Press

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  34. Reckonings: Numerals, Cognition, and History. Stephen Chrisomalis. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2020, 264 pp. $35.00, cloth. ISBN 9780262044639.

    Article • Journal of Anthropological Research, March 2022, University of Chicago Press

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  35. Numerical origins: The critical questions

    Article • December 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  36. Numerical origins: The critical questions

    Article • Journal of Cognition and Culture, December 2021, Brill

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  37. The Material Origin of Numbers (front matter and introduction)

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  38. Prevalence of ADHD and Its Subtypes in Male and Female Adult Prison Inmates

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  39. Creativity, cognition, and material culture: An introduction

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  40. Situated cognition

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  41. Recursion: What is it, who has it, and how did it evolve?

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  42. Finger-counting in the Upper Palaeolithic

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  43. Book Review: Geoffrey B. Saxe, Cultural Development of Mathematical Ideas.

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  44. Book review: Dynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern Humans. Vol. 1, Cultural Perspectives, edited by Takeru Akazawa, Yoshihiro Nishiaki, and Kenichi Aoki. Vol. 2, Cognitive and Physical Perspectives, edited by Takeru Akazawa, Naomichi Ogihara,...

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  45. Visuospatial integration: Paleoanthropological and archaeological perspectives

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  46. The role of materiality in numerical cognition

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  47. Cognitive Archaeology and the Cognitive Sciences

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  48. The Evolution of Working Memory

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  49. The Prehistory of Number Concept

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  50. Concepts and how they get that way

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  51. Bootstrapping Ordinal Thinking

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  52. Number Concepts Are Constructed through Material Engagement: A Reply to Sutliff, Read, and Everett

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  53. The Archaeology of Number Concept and Its Implications for the Evolution of Language

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  54. Updating the “abstract–concrete” distinction in Ancient Near Eastern numbers

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  55. Finger-Counting and Numerical Structure

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  56. Constructing a Concept of Number

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  57. The Cultural Challenge in Mathematical Cognition

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  58. Materiality and Numerical Cognition: A Material Engagement Theory Perspective

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  59. Numerosity Structures the Expression of Quantity in Lexical Numbers and Grammatical Number

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  60. On the Nature of Numerosity and the Role of Language in Developing Number Concepts: A Reply to Everett

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  61. Material Scaffolds in Numbers and Time

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  62. Introduction: Cognitive Archaeology at the Crossroads

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  63. Materiality and the Prehistory of Number

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  64. Numerosity, Abstraction, and the Emergence of Symbolic Thinking

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  65. The mind and madness in Austen’s novels

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  66. Darcy and Emma: Jane Austen’s ironic meditation on gender

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  67. The false dichotomy: A refutation of the Neandertal indistinguishability claim

    Article • October 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  68. Neandertal–Homo sapiens reproductive isolation and the archaeological and fossil records

    Article • October 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  69. Teeth, tools and human becoming

    Article • October 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  70. A cognitive archaeology of writing: Concepts, models, goals

    Article • October 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  71. 4E cognition in the Lower Palaeolithic

    Article • October 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  72. Materiality and Human Cognition

    Article • October 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  73. Thinking Materially: Cognition as Extended and Enacted

    Article • October 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  74. Beyond Writing: The Development of Literacy in the Ancient Near East

    Article • October 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  75. The material difference in human cognition

    Article • October 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  76. On Tools Making Minds: an Archaeological Perspective on Human Cognitive Evolution

    Article • October 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  77. Counting by "elevens" and why nine and two make twenty: The material roots of Polynesian numbers

    Article • October 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  78. The curious idea that Māori once counted by elevens, and the insights it still holds for cross-cultural numerical research

    Article • October 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  79. A new look at old numbers, and what it reveals about numeration

    Article • October 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  80. A new look at old numbers, and what it reveals about numeration

    Article • Journal of Near Eastern Studies, October 2021, University of Chicago Press

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  81. Finger-counting and numerical structure

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, September 2021, Frontiers

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  82. 4E cognition in the Lower Palaeolithic: An introduction

    Article • Adaptive Behavior, October 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  83. The material difference in human cognition

    Article • Adaptive Behavior, June 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  84. The curious idea that Māori once counted by elevens

    Article • Journal of the Polynesian Society, March 2020, The Polynesian Society

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  85. The material origin of numbers: Insights from the archaeology of the Ancient Near East

    Article • December 2019, Gorgias Press LLC

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  86. The material origin of numbers: Insights from the archaeology of the Ancient Near East

    Article • December 2019, Gorgias Press LLC

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  87. The material origin of numbers: Insights from the archaeology of the Ancient Near East

    Article • December 2019, Gorgias Press LLC

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  88. The material origin of numbers: Insights from the archaeology of the Ancient Near East

    Article • December 2019, Gorgias Press LLC

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  89. The material origin of numbers: Insights from the archaeology of the Ancient Near East

    Article • December 2019, Gorgias Press LLC

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  90. The material origin of numbers: Insights from the archaeology of the Ancient Near East

    Article • December 2019, Gorgias Press LLC

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  91. The material origin of numbers: Insights from the archaeology of the Ancient Near East

    Article • December 2019, Gorgias Press LLC

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  92. The material origin of numbers: Insights from the archaeology of the Ancient Near East

    Article • December 2019, Gorgias Press LLC

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  93. The material origin of numbers: Insights from the archaeology of the Ancient Near East

    Article • December 2019, Gorgias Press LLC

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  94. The material origin of numbers: Insights from the archaeology of the Ancient Near East

    Article • December 2019, Gorgias Press LLC

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  95. The material origin of numbers: Insights from the archaeology of the Ancient Near East

    Article • December 2019, Gorgias Press LLC

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  96. The material origin of numbers: Insights from the archaeology of the Ancient Near East

    Article • December 2019, Gorgias Press LLC

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  97. The material origin of numbers: Insights from the archaeology of the Ancient Near East

    Article • December 2019, Gorgias Press LLC

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  98. The material origin of numbers: Insights from the archaeology of the Ancient Near East

    Article • December 2019, Gorgias Press LLC

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  99. The material origin of numbers: Insights from the archaeology of the Ancient Near East

    Article • December 2019, Gorgias Press LLC

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  100. The material origin of numbers: Insights from the archaeology of the Ancient Near East

    Article • December 2019, Gorgias Press LLC

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  101. The material origin of numbers: Insights from the archaeology of the Ancient Near East

    Article • December 2019, Gorgias Press LLC

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  102. The material origin of numbers: Insights from the archaeology of the Ancient Near East

    Article • December 2019, Gorgias Press LLC

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  103. The material origin of numbers: Insights from the archaeology of the Ancient Near East

    Article • December 2019, Gorgias Press LLC

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  104. The material origin of numbers: Insights from the archaeology of the Ancient Near East

    Article • December 2019, Gorgias Press LLC

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  105. The material origin of numbers: Insights from the archaeology of the Ancient Near East

    Article • December 2019, Gorgias Press LLC

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  106. Squeezing Minds From Stones: Cognitive Archaeology and the Evolution of the Human Mind

    Article • May 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  107. Materiality and the Prehistory of Number

    Article • May 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  108. Cognitive Archaeology at the Crossroads: An introduction to Squeezing Minds from Stones

    Article • May 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  109. On Tools Making Minds: an Archaeological Perspective on Human Cognitive Evolution

    Article • Journal of Cognition and Culture, May 2019, Brill

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  110. Constructing a concept of number

    Article • Journal of Numerical Cognition, September 2018, Leibniz-Institute of Psychology Information (ZPID)

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  111. The cultural challenge in mathematical cognition

    Article • Journal of Numerical Cognition, September 2018, Leibniz-Institute of Psychology Information (ZPID)

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  112. Situated Cognition

    Article • September 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  113. Materiality and Human Cognition

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  114. Visuospatial Integration: Paleoanthropological and Archaeological Perspectives

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  115. Evolution of Primate Social Cognition

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  116. Concepts and how they get that way

    Article • Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  117. Thinking Materially: Cognition as Extended and Enacted

    Article • Journal of Cognition and Culture, October 2017, Brill

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  118. Materiality and Numerical Cognition: A Material Engagement Theory perspective

    Article • December 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  119. Bootstrapping Ordinal Thinking

    Article • December 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  120. Number Concepts Are Constructed through Material Engagement: A Reply to Sutliff, Read, and Everett

    Article • Current Anthropology, June 2016, University of Chicago Press

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  121. The role of materiality in numerical cognition

    Article • Quaternary International, June 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  122. Beyond Writing: The Development of Literacy in the Ancient Near East

    Article • Cambridge Archaeological Journal, April 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  123. Numerosity Structures the Expression of Quantity in Lexical Numbers and Grammatical Number

    Article • Current Anthropology, October 2015, University of Chicago Press

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  124. Dynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern Humans. Cultural Perspectives

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, September 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  125. Creativity, Cognition and Material Culture

    Article • Pragmatics & Cognition, December 2014, John Benjamins

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  126. Creativity, cognition and material culture: An introduction

    Article • Pragmatics & Cognition, December 2014, John Benjamins

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  127. Book review: Cultural Development of Mathematical Ideas, written by Geoffrey B. Saxe

    Article • Journal of Cognition and Culture, July 2014, Brill

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  128. Cognitive Archaeology and the Cognitive Sciences

    Article • July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  129. The Evolution of Working Memory

    Article • October 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  130. The archaeology of number concept and its implications for the evolution of language

    Article • July 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  131. Material Scaffolds in Numbers and Time

    Article • Cambridge Archaeological Journal, February 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  132. On the Nature of Numerosity and the Role of Language in Developing Number Concepts

    Article • Current Anthropology, February 2013, University of Chicago Press

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  133. Numerosity, Abstraction, and the Emergence of Symbolic Thinking

    Article • Current Anthropology, April 2012, University of Chicago Press

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  134. Prevalence of ADHD and Its Subtypes in Male and Female Adult Prison Inmates

    Article • Behavioral Sciences & the Law, March 2012, Wiley

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  135. The prehistory of number concept

    Article • Behavioral and Brain Sciences, May 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  136. Recursion: what is it, who has it, and how did it evolve?

    Article • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Cognitive Science, November 2010, Wiley

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  137. Numerosity, Abstraction, and the Evolution of Symbolic Thinking

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann

  138. Development and Psychometric Properties of a New Scale

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Karenleigh A. Overmann