Agent-based Modeling and Simulation in Archaeology (Advances in Geographic Information Science)
Language: English
Published by Springer, 2014
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- Title
- Agent-based Modeling and Simulation in Archaeology (Advances in Geographic Information Science)
- Author
- Gabriel Wurzer & Kerstin Kowarik & Hans Reschreiter (editors)
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2014
- Condition
- FINE
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 3319000071
- ISBN 13
- 9783319000077
- Item weight
- 746 grams
- Dimensions
- 8vo
- Seller catalogs
- Archaeology & Paleontology, Geography, Science & Mathematics
Archaeology has been historically reluctant to embrace the subject of agent-based simulation, since it was seen as being used to "re-enact" and "visualize" possible scenarios for a wider (generally non-scientific) audience, based on scarce and fuzzy data. Furthermore, modeling "in exact terms" and programming as a means for producing agent-based simulations were simply beyond the field of the social sciences.
This situation has changed quite drastically with the advent of the internet age: Data, it seems, is now ubiquitous. Researchers have switched from simply collecting data to filtering, selecting and deriving insights in a cybernetic manner. Agent-based simulation is one of the tools used to glean information from highly complex excavation sites according to formalized models, capturing essential properties in a highly abstract and yet spatial manner. As such, the goal of this book is to present an overview of techniques used and work conducted in that field, drawing on the experience of practitioners.
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About the Author
Kerstin Kowarik is an archaeologist working at the Natural History Museum Vienna specializing in the European Bronze Age and Early Iron Age. She is currently engaged with several research projects on the prehistoric salt mines of Hallstatt. Her research focuses on provisioning structures, organization of trade and human – environment interaction. She has a special interest in exploring the potential of computer based simulations for archaeological research, economic archaeology and environmental archaeology.
Hans Reschreiter is an archaeologist working at the Natural History Museum Vienna specializing in prehistoric crafts and technology as well as prehistoric mining. He is head of the archaeological excavations in the prehistoric salt mines of Hallstatt (Austria). His research focuses on working processes and mining technology. He has a special interest in prehistoric wood working, experimental archaeology and ethnoarchaeology.
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