Urbanization within a dynamic environment: Modeling Bronze age communities in upper Mesopotamia

American Anthropologist

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-68

  Wilkinson, T J ^a   Christiansen, J H ^b   Ur, J ^c   Widell, M ^d   Altaweel, M ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based models; Archaeology; Bronze Age; Simulation; Social complexity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947638439     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2007.109.1.52     Document Type: Article

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