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Modelling prehispanic Pueblo societies in their ecosystems

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  • Kohler, Timothy A.
  • Bocinsky, R. Kyle
  • Cockburn, Denton
  • Crabtree, Stefani A.
  • Varien, Mark D.
  • Kolm, Kenneth E.
  • Smith, Schaun
  • Ortman, Scott G.
  • Kobti, Ziad

Abstract

We review a suite of agent-based models developed by the Village Ecodynamics Project (VEP) to study ecological, economic, social, and political processes among prehispanic Puebloan (“Anasazi”) populations in the Northern US Southwest in the context of a dynamic natural environment. Collectively these models shed light on processes that include the local intensification of turkey raising, the emergence of complex societies in this region, and the complete depopulation of the Northern Southwest in the thirteenth-century AD. Quantitative computational modelling contributes to the explanatory goals of a scientific archaeology and such models should eventually provide standards allowing for more rigorous comparison of distinct archaeological sequences.

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  • Kohler, Timothy A. & Bocinsky, R. Kyle & Cockburn, Denton & Crabtree, Stefani A. & Varien, Mark D. & Kolm, Kenneth E. & Smith, Schaun & Ortman, Scott G. & Kobti, Ziad, 2012. "Modelling prehispanic Pueblo societies in their ecosystems," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 241(C), pages 30-41.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecomod:v:241:y:2012:i:c:p:30-41
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.01.002
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    1. Nelson Minar & Rogert Burkhart & Chris Langton & Manor Askenazi, 1996. "The Swarm Simulation System: A Toolkit for Building Multi-Agent Simulations," Working Papers 96-06-042, Santa Fe Institute.
    2. Timothy A. Kohler & Denton Cockburn & Paul L. Hooper & R. Kyle Bocinsky & Ziad Kobti, 2012. "The Coevolution Of Group Size And Leadership: An Agent-Based Public Goods Model For Prehispanic Pueblo Societies," Advances in Complex Systems (ACS), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 15(01n02), pages 1-29.
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