A review by madelinemccrae
Prehistory: The Making of the Human Mind by Colin Renfrew

3.25

I think Renfrew wanted this book to be for more the general audience (albeit a general audience familiar with archaeology and prehistory) but he missed the mark on making it accessible. The first half doesn’t talk about prehistory, but rather the history of archaeology of prehistory. It was incredibly dry and textbook-like. When he eventually got to the second half of the book, he jumped around from different perspectives and ideas without really driving home what his thesis is for the book. It also felt a little outdated. I think maybe only 1/4 of the book was about the making of the human mind.