The coevolution of group size and leadership: An agent-based public goods model for prehispanic pueblo societies

Advances in Complex Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages

  Kohler, Timothy A ^a,b   Cockburn, Denton ^c   Hooper, Paul L ^d   Bocinsky, R Kyle ^a   Kobti, Ziad ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation; Emergence of leadership; Neolithic societies; Public goods games; Pueblo society; Southwestern archaeology; Southwestern Colorado; Spatial simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858164817     PISSN: 02195259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219525911003256     Document Type: Article

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