An enchantment of digital archaeology : raising the dead with agent based models, archaeogaming, and artificial intelligence / Shawn Graham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graham, Shawn, author.

Series:

Digital archaeology: documenting the anthropocene ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Berghahn Books, 2020.

Summary:

The use of computation in archaeology is a kind of magic, a way of heightening the archaeological imagination. Agent-based modelling allows archaeologists to test the ‘just-so’ stories they tell about the past. It requires a formalization of the story so that it can be represented as a simulation; researchers are then able to explore the unintended consequences or emergent outcomes of stories about the past. Agent-based models are one end of a spectrum that, at the opposite side, ends with video games. This volume explores this spectrum in the context of Roman archaeology, addressing the strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities of a formalized approach to computation and archaeogaming.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Tables

Acknowledgements

Introduction

CHAPTER 1 Imagine a Network

CHAPTER 2 Reanimating Networks

CHAPTER 3 Add Agents and Stir

CHAPTER 4 Archaeogaming

CHAPTER 5 The Fun Is in the Building

CHAPTER 6 Artificial Intelligence

Conclusion: Enchantment Is a Remembering

Afterword: Guidelines for Developing Your Own Digital Archaeology

Appendices

Appendix A Tasks for Golems – Building an ABM

Appendix B Pot Trade Model Code

Appendix C Information Diffusion on a Network

Appendix D Golems in the City

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80758-965-X

1-78920-787-8

OCLC:

1160958438