AN ENCHANTMENT OF DIGITAL ARCHAEOLOGY: RAISING THE DEAD WITH AGENT-BASED MODELS, ARCHAEOGAMING & AI

Shawn Graham

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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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PUBLICATION DETAILS

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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