As we write this Editorial, many areas of the world are experiencing an unprecedented social lockdown as a result of the spread of COVID-19. We very much hope that, by the time this volume comes to print in June, the world will be in a much better position than it is in now, and that our readers are safe and well, both physically and mentally. We are sharply reminded in this time of limited social interaction and restricted physical movement of the importance of our varied and complex relationships to people, places and things, and of the inventive and stimulating ways people can continue to engage with each other. We hope this volume helps to contribute to the intellectual stimulation of our readership (at all times!), and provides a means for people to connect with culture, the past and place in the present, however remote they are. The papers in this volume connect us to different areas of the world across broad time periods, through hand-held objects and vast landscapes. They demonstrate the varied ways that humans deal with social and environmental pressures in creative and meaningful ways. James Green and Penny Spikins present an innovative examination of selfcontrol, its evolutionary advantages and how this might be studied in the archaeological record – in this case, through Acheulean handaxes. Throughout their paper Green and Spikins develop an approach to studying archaeological material culture whereby certain behavioural or technological innovations are recognised as markers requiring increased capacity for self-control. In this way, they open up the possibility of developingmethods for identifying this important cognitive trait within evolutionary archaeology and beyond. Ebrahim Karimi’s paper significantly expands our knowledge of rock art in Iran. He provides a thorough overview of work on the dating of Iran’s rock art and details his dating methods and results from rock art sites with abstract markings. Ethnographic studies of rock art inscriptions created by modern-day shepherds, the traditional practices of people physically engaging with archaeological sites, and markings on nomads’ tents contribute to exploring the potential functions of the abstract designs found in this rock art. Leticia Inés Cortés’s paper is a fascinating exploration of the conceptual and sensory links between heat, dryness and death during the Formative Period in the southern Calchaquí valleys, Northwest Argentina. Integrating ethnohistorical and ethnographic records with the material forms of burial tradition and the particularity of the landscape in the region, her discussion emphasises the TIME AND MIND 2020, VOL. 13, NO. 2, 115–116 https://doi.org/10.1080/1751696X.2020.1750859

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在我们撰写本社论时，由于 COVID-19 的传播，世界许多地区正在经历前所未有的社会封锁。我们非常希望，到 6 月这本书出版时，世界将比现在好得多，我们的读者在身心上都安然无恙。在这个有限的社交互动和有限的身体活动的时代，我们清楚地意识到我们与人、地点和事物的各种复杂关系的重要性，以及人们可以继续相互交往的创造性和刺激性方式。我们希望这本书有助于激发我们读者的智力（在任何时候！），并为人们提供一种与文化、过去和现在的地方联系的方式，无论他们多么遥远。本卷中的论文通过手持物体和广阔的景观，将我们与世界上不同地区的不同时期联系起来。它们展示了人类以创造性和有意义的方式应对社会和环境压力的各种方式。James Green 和 Penny Spikins 对自我控制、其进化优势以及如何在考古记录中进行研究——在这种情况下，通过 Acheulean 手斧进行了创新的研究。在他们的论文中，Green 和 Spikins 开发了一种研究考古物质文化的方法，其中某些行为或技术创新被认为是需要增强自我控制能力的标志。这样，他们开辟了在进化考古学内外识别这一重要认知特征的方法的可能性。Ebrahim Karimi 的论文极大地扩展了我们对伊朗岩画的了解。他全面概述了伊朗岩画测年的工作，并详细介绍了他的测年方法和岩画遗址的结果，并带有抽象标记。对现代牧羊人创作的岩石艺术铭文的民族志研究、人们与考古遗址进行身体接触的传统做法以及游牧民族帐篷上的标记有助于探索在这种岩石艺术中发现的抽象设计的潜在功能。莱蒂西亚·伊内斯·科尔特斯 (Leticia Inés Cortés) 的论文是对南卡尔查基山谷形成时期炎热、干燥和死亡之间的概念和感官联系的精彩探索，阿根廷西北部。将民族历史和民族志记录与墓葬传统的物质形式和该地区景观的特殊性相结合，她的讨论强调了 TIME AND MIND 2020，VOL。13，没有。2, 115–116 https://doi.org/10.1080/1751696X.2020.1750859