Simulating archaeologists? Using agent-based modelling to improve battlefield excavations

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 347-356

  Rubio Campillo, Xavier ^a   Cela, Jose María ^a   Hernàndez Cardona, Francesc Xavier ^b  

^a BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Battlefield archaeology; GIS; High performance computing; Historical archaeology; Methodology; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; GIS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MODELING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 82155162390     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.09.020     Document Type: Article

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