Editors:
- Includes an introductory chapter covering the complete field of computer simulations of past societies, with an exhaustive, commented list of applications, chronologically arranged from the Paleolithic until Modern societies
- Numerous case studies that help the reader to understand this approach in a new and radical new way
- Detailed presentations of computer models that help the reader to apply computer methods of social simulation to ongoing research projects in history, archaeology and anthropology
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Computational Social Sciences (CSS)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This book presents a unique selection of fully reviewed, extended papers originally presented at the Social Simulation Conference 2014 in Barcelona, Spain. Only papers on the simulation of historical processes have been selected, the aim being to present theories and methods of computer simulation that can be relevant to understanding the past. Applications range from the Paleolithic and the origins of social life up to the Roman Empire and Early Modern societies. Case studies from Europe, America, Africa and Asia have been selected for publication. The extensive introduction offers a thorough review of the computer simulation of social dynamics in past societies as a means of understanding human history. This book will be of great interest to researchers in the social sciences, archaeology, evolutionary anthropology, and social history.
Keywords
- Agent-based modeling
- Computer simulation in sociology
- Historical cultural processes
- Historical sociology
- Modelling in social archaeology
- Multi-agent-based social simulation
- Social system by simulation
- Simulation in historical sociology
- Social evolution and cultural change
- Prehistory and origins of state
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Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Prehistory, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
Juan A. Barceló
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Patagonia National Research Center (CENPAT) National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Puerto Madryn, Argentina
Florencia Del Castillo
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Simulating Prehistoric and Ancient Worlds
Editors: Juan A. Barceló, Florencia Del Castillo
Series Title: Computational Social Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31481-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-31479-2Published: 01 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81048-5Published: 23 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-31481-5Published: 20 October 2016
Series ISSN: 2509-9574
Series E-ISSN: 2509-9582
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 404
Number of Illustrations: 50 b/w illustrations, 62 illustrations in colour
Topics: Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences, Anthropology, Simulation and Modeling, Sociological Theory, Archaeology