Simulation studies in archaeology / edited by Ian Hodder

Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; viii, 139 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; The contribution of simulation to the study of archaeological processes / F.W. Hamond -- Simulation languages for archaeologists / Dan Moore -- Simulating prehistoric locational behaviour / Larry J. Zimmerman -- A simulation of Pawnee site development / John M. O'Shea -- A computer simulation of Mycenaean settlement / A.J. Chadwick -- Polynesian outliers: a study in the survival of small populations / Stephen Black -- The simulation of Neolithic axe dispersal in Britain / Kevin Elliott, D. Ellman and Ian Hodder -- Simulations to determine the variance and edge effect of total nearest-neighbour distance / Kevin P. Donnelly -- An index for assessing the association between distributions of points in archaeology / Ian Hodder and Eric Okell -- Archaeological prospecting: Kriging and simulation / Ezra B.W. Zubrow and John W. Harbaugh -- Towards an evaluation of sampling strategies: simulated excavations of a Kenyan pastoralist site / Albert J. Ammerman, Diane P. Gifford, and Albertus Voorrips. Subjects; Archaeology Simulation methods. Simulation. Archaeology Data processing. Archaeology Methodology. Archaeology Simulation methods Addresses, essays, lectures. 1 Kg.…