Articles discussing the role of memory in cognitive evolution.
Ambrose, S. H. (2001). Paleolithic technology and human evolution. Science, 291, 1748-1753.
Coolidge, F. L., & Wynn, T. (2005). Working memory, its executive functions, and the emergence of modern thinking. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 15, 5-26.
Shipstead, Z., Lindsey, D. R., Marshall, R. L., & Engle, R. W. (2014). The mechanisms of working memory capacity: Primary memory, secondary memory, and attention control. Journal of Memory and Language, 72, 116-141.
Wynn, T., & Coolidge, F. L. (2010). Beyond symbolism and language. Current Anthropology, 51, S5-S16.
Cognitive Archaeology 