Overview
- Provides a comprehensive overview of basic modelling techniques
- Includes open source software codes and data from real projects
- Discusses the emergence and development of modelling in archaeology
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Quantitative Archaeology and Archaeological Modelling (QAAM)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
Keywords
- Agent-based models of complex systems
- Analysis of point patterns
- Geographical and social networks in Archaeology
- Identifying border and cultural areas
- Introduction to R software
- Landscape archaeology
- Monte Carlo Simulations
- Open source statistical software
- Predictive modelling
- Quantitative Archaeology and Archaeological Modelling
- Regression and interpolation methods
- Simulation Models
- Spatial analysis and statistics
- Theoretical and empirical Interaction models
- Theory of Modelling in archaeology
- Voronoi techniques
About this book
The book does not describe elaborated high-end models but rather very basic modelling concepts that serve as components in more complex models. The book enables the reader to construct such models by themselves and be sensitive for certain problems. In addition it gives hints for the interpretation of the results.
Students are usually quick to apply fancy methods yet fail in the proper interpretation due to a lack of understanding of the underlying principles. This problem is addressed by the proposed book through three concepts:
1. Command line software forces the students to first learn some details before they are able to produce results on their own.
2. The book is focused on principles and methods. When the students understand a few basic principles, they have far better access to a wide range of related methods.
3. Examples of poor analysis highlight common pitfalls.
The volume attempts to be an applied, minimalistic and efficient textbook and is based upon several successful courses.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Daniel Knitter
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Modelling Human Behaviour in Landscapes
Book Subtitle: Basic Concepts and Modelling Elements
Authors: Oliver Nakoinz, Daniel Knitter
Series Title: Quantitative Archaeology and Archaeological Modelling
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29538-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-29536-7Published: 15 April 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80593-1Published: 22 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-29538-1Published: 08 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2366-5998
Series E-ISSN: 2366-6005
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 255
Number of Illustrations: 107 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: Archaeology, Simulation and Modeling, Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law