Shawn Graham

An Enchantment of Digital Archaeology

Raising the Dead with Agent-Based Models, Archaeogaming and Artificial Intelligence

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 464g
• ISBN-13: 9781789207866
• ISBN-10: 178920786X
• Artikelnr.: 58591123

Autorenporträt

Shawn Graham

Inhaltsangabe

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