Nonlinear models for archaeology and anthropology
Subtitle: continuing the revolution
By: edited by by Christopher S. Beekman and William W. Baden.
Contributors: Beekman, Christopher Stockard.; Baden, William W.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: Archaeology -- Mathematical models.; Nonlinear systems.
Description: "The dominant social theory used by archaeologists has tended to focus on either small-scale agency or large-scale cultural patterns and processes of change. The authors of this volume argue that archaeologists should use nonlinear models to more accurately model the connections between scales of analysis, and show how micro-scale variation can lead to macro-scale culture change. This work examines the applications of nonlinear systems models within archaeology and evaluates the range of approaches currently encompassed within Complexity Theory."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Continuing the revolution : nonlinear political and economic models for archaeology / Christopher S. Beekman and William W. Baden; title: As water for fish : human groups as complex ecaptive systems / Robert J. Hommon; title: Remember how to organize : heterarchy across disciplines / Carole L. Crumley; title: Agency, collectivities, and emergence : social theory and agent based simulations / Christopher S. Beekman; title: Factional formation and community dynamics in middle-range societies / Tammy Stone; title: Modelling prehistoric maize agriculture as a dissipative process / William W. Baden; title: Approaches to modelling archaeological site territories in the Near East / T.J. Wilkinson; title: Afterword / J. Stephen Lansing and Robert L. Axtell.