Integrating Qualitative and Social Science Factors in Archaeological Modelling

Integrating Qualitative and Social Science Factors in Archaeological Modelling edited by Mehdi Saqalli, Marc Vander Linden.

This book covers the methodological, epistemological and practical issues of integrating qualitative and socio-anthropological factors into archaeological modeling. This text fills the gap between conceptual modeling (which usually relies on narratives describing the life of a past community) and fo...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Saqalli, Mehdi (Editor), Vander Linden, Marc (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Simulating the Past,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Social sciences—Data processing.
Social sciences—Computer programs.
Computer simulation.
Archaeology.
Sociophysics.
Econophysics.
Ethnology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • O tempora O mores : Building an epistemological procedure for modeling socio-anthropological factors: stakes, choices, hypotheses and constraints
  • From culture difference to a measure of ethnogenesis
  • Modeling niche construction in Neolithic Europe
  • A new reading of the French Bronze Age using data from development-led archaeology: Bronze Age survey database (DatABronze)
  • What can a MAS tell us about the Bantu migrations 3000 years ago?
  • The evolutionary transition from biologically to culturally based social systems: Qualitative modeling issues
  • Data models, connectivity between sites and the chaîne opératoire approach: the chalcolithic southern levant as a case study
  • Conclusion. .

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