Steven Mithen is Professor of Early Prehistory at the University of Reading, having previously served as Pro Vice Chancellor and Deputy Vice Chancellor. He received a BA in prehistory and archaeology from Sheffield University, a MSc degree in biological computation from York University and a PhD in archaeology from Cambridge University.
Books in order of publication:
Thoughtful Foragers: A Study of Prehistoric Decision Making Cambridge [England]; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
The Prehistory of the Mind: A Search for the Origins of Art, Religion, and Science, London: Thames and Hudson, 1996.
Creativity in Human Evolution and Prehistory, London; New York: Routledge, 1998.
After the Ice: A Global Human History, 20,000-5000 BC. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2004. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London
The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind and Body Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2006. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London.
Thirst: Water and Power in the Ancient World. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. – 2012
Land of the Ileach: Archaeological Journeys into Islay’s Past. Edinburgh & London: Birlnn Books. – 2020
The Language Puzzle: How we Talked Our Way Out of the Stone Age. London: Profile Books. – 2024
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