Articles
List of our scientific papers
Here below our latest journal articles, essays, book chapters, and short scientific contributions made by our research team and collaborators.
2026 – PLOS ONE – Earliest geometries. A cognitive investigation of Howiesons Poort engraved ostrich eggshells
Valentina Decembrini, Ludovica Ottaviano, Mattia Cartolano, Enza Spinapolice, Silvia Ferrara
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0338509
2026 – Cognitive Linguistics – Mechanisms at the core of the Chinese script invention
Ludovica Ottaviano and Silvia Ferrara
2024 – TopiCS– Metaphors and the Invention of Writing
Ludovica Ottaviano, Kathryn Kelley, Mattia Cartolano, Silvia Ferrara
2024 – Antiquity – Seals and signs: tracing the origins of writing
in ancient South-west Asia
Kathryn Kelley, Mattia Cartolano, Silvia Ferrara
2024 – NATURE, Scientific Reports – The invention of writing on Rapa Nui (Easter Island). New
radiocarbon dates on the Rongorongo scripts
Silvia Ferrara et al.
2024 – Annual of the British School at Athens – MULTIMEDIA AT MINOAN MYRTOS–PYRGOS, CRETE
Judith Weingarten, Silvia Ferrara, Gerald Cadogan