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

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 sim...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Graham, Shawn (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2020.
Colección:Digital archaeology.
Temas:
Archaeology > Data processing.
Archaeology > Computer simulation.
Archaeology > Technological innovations.
Archéologie > Informatique.
Archéologie > Simulation par ordinateur.
Archéologie > Innovations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Archaeology > Data processing
Archaeology > Computer simulation
Archaeology > Technological innovations
agent based modelling.
ancient rome.
anthropology.
archaeogaming.
archaeological imagination.
archaeological research.
archaeologists.
archaeology.
artificial intelligence.
computation.
computers.
culture.
digital archaeology.
digital archives.
engaging.
historical.
historiography.
methodology.
page turner.
phenomenon.
realistic.
relationships.
roman archaeology.
roman economic history.
roman society.
scientists.
social science.
technology.
theoretical.
video games.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An Enchantment of Digital Archaeology
  • 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
  • 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

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