The Evolution of Social Behavior in the Prehistoric American Southwest

Artificial Life

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 435-444

  Gumerman, George J ^a   Swedlund, Alan C ^b   Dean, Jeffrey S ^c   Epstein, Joshua M ^a  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; American Southwest; Anasazi; Cultural evolution; Environmental reconstruction; Prehistory

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSPORTATION;

DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CULTURAL EVOLUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344034204     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/106454603322694861     Document Type: Conference Paper

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