Thinking through Archaeological Complexity
Left Coast Press Inc (Verlag)
978-1-62958-555-0 (ISBN)
This volume bridges archaeology and complexity science, offering a transdisciplinary framework for understanding long-term socio-ecological dynamics. It provides a substantive overview of how complex adaptive systems science is used in archaeology. Drawing from case studies in the Ancestral Pueblo Southwest, it demonstrates how tools like agent-based modeling, ecological and social network analysis, and settlement scaling reveal emergent patterns in the archaeological record. The book critically examines concepts such as resilience, adaptation, innovation, and transformation, offering alternatives to overly linear narratives. Emphasizing methodological transparency, it provides practical guidance for scholars interested in modeling, data integration, and working across disciplinary boundaries while grounding in theoretical pluralism. By situating archaeological knowledge within broader scientific conversations, the book encourages readers to reimagine the past not as static or collapsed, but as complex, entangled, and instructive for contemporary challenges.
This book is essential reading for students, researchers, and practitioners in archaeology as well as complexity science. It will also appeal to scholars in anthropology, environmental studies, geography, and network science interested in long-term human-environmental dynamics and the application of complex systems approaches in historical contexts.
Stefani A. Crabtree is Associate Professor in Social-Environmental Modeling in the Department of Environment and Society at the S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Utah State University. She is also an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute.
Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Scaling Theory and Archaeology; Chapter Three: Agent-based modeling and archaeology; Chapter 4: Network Analysis and Archaeology; Chapter 5.1: Settlement Scaling And Agent-Based Modeling; Chapter 5.2 How to Make a Polity (in the central Mesa Verde region); Chapter 6.1: Network Analysis and Food Webs Case Study; Chapter 6.2 Reconstructing Ancestral Pueblo Food Webs in the Southwestern United States; Chapter 7 Conclusion; Glossary; Index.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 04.11.2025 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 9 Tables, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white; 19 Halftones, black and white; 21 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Walnut Creek |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 310 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-62958-555-6 / 1629585556 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-62958-555-0 / 9781629585550 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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