An Enchantment of Digital Archaeology

Raising the Dead with Agent-Based Models, Archaeogaming and Artificial Intelligence

von Shawn Graham

210 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Digital Archaeology: Documenting the Anthropocene
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Archäologie
• ISBN: 9781789208719
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2020
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books