Towards a Multi-Agent-Based Modelling of Obsidian Exchange in the Neolithic Near East

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 461-485

  Ortega, David ^a   Ibañez, Juan José ^a   Khalidi, Lamya ^b   Méndez, Vicenç ^c   Campos, Daniel ^c   Teira, Luís ^d  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b University Lumière Lyon 2   (France)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES PREHISTÓRICAS DE CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Down the line model; Near East; Neolithic; Obsidian exchange; Small world networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900839970     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10816-013-9196-1     Document Type: Article

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