An Enchantment of Digital Archaeology - Shawn Graham
| Автор: | Shawn Graham |
| Издательство: | Ingram |
| Серия: | Digital Archaeology: Documenting the Anthropocene |
| Жанр произведения: | Документальная литература |
| Год издания: | 0 |
| isbn: | 9781789207873 |
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.