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Beschreibung
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. These models are one end of a spectrum that 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.
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. These models are one end of a spectrum that 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.
Über den Autor

Shawn Graham is a digital archaeologist at Carleton University, where he is Associate Professor of Digital Humanities. He is a co-author with Ian Milligan and Scott Weingart of Exploring Big Historical Data: The Historian's Macroscope (Imperial College Press, 2015). He was awarded the Archaeological Institute of America's 2019 Award for Outstanding Work in Digital Archaeology for the creation of the Open Digital Archaeology Textbook Environment, o-date.[...].

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of 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 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

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781789208719
ISBN-10: 1789208718
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Graham, Shawn
Hersteller: Berghahn Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: Shawn Graham
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2020
Gewicht: 0,312 kg
Artikel-ID: 117976670