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Simulating Transitions to Agriculture in Prehistory (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
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Simulating Transitions to Agriculture in Prehistory (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
Series: Simulating the Past
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This book highlights new and innovative approaches to
archaeological research using computational modeling while focusing
on the Neolithic transition around the world. The transformative
effect of the spread and adoption of agriculture in prehistory
cannot be overstated. Consequently, archaeologists have often
focused their research on this transition, hoping to understand
both the ecological causes and impacts of this shift, as well as
the social motivations and constraints involved. Given the complex
interplay of socio-ecological factors, the answers to these types
of questions cannot be found using traditional archaeological
methods alone. Computational modeling techniques have emerged as an
effective approach for better understanding prehistoric data sets
and the linkages between social and ecological factors at play
during periods of subsistence change. Such techniques include
agent-based modeling, Bayesian modeling, GIS modeling of the
prehistoric environment, and the modeling of small-scale
agriculture. As more archaeological data sets aggregate regarding
the transition to agriculture, researchers are often left with few
ways to relate these sets to one another. Computational modeling
techniques such as those described above represent a critical next
step in providing archaeological analyses that are important for
understanding human prehistory around the world. Given its scope,
this book will appeal to the many interdisciplinary scientists and
researchers whose work involves archaeology and computational
social science. Chapter "The Spread of Agriculture: Quantitative
Laws in Prehistory?" is available open access under a Creative
Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via springer.com.
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