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
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1789207878
9781789207873

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