Shawn Graham
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.
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LANGUAGE | BINDING | EDITION | ISBN | YEAR | PAGES |
English | Hardcover | | 9781789207866 | 2020 | 210 |
English | Paperback | | 9781789208719 | 2020 | 210 |
English | eBook | | 9781789207873 | 2020 | 210 |
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AN ENCHANTMENT OF DIGITAL ARCHAEOLOGY: Raising the Dead with Agent-Based Models, Archaeogaming and Artificial Intelligence
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