Specialization and social inequality in Bronze Age SE Arabia: Analyzing the development of production strategies and economic networks using agent-based modeling

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1583-1590

  Rouse, Lynne M ^a   Weeks, Lloyd ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Bronze Age; Production specialization; Socio economic networks; South eastern Arabia; Wealth inequality

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; ECONOMIC HISTORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPECIALIZATION;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; CENTRAL ASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 79956122553     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.023     Document Type: Article

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