Tom Brughmans (Denmark Aarhus Universitet), Matthew A. Peeples (Arizona State University)

Network Science in Archaeology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book covers a vast range of network science techniques that can enhance archaeological research: network data collection and management, exploratory network analysis, sampling issues and sensitivity analysis, spatial networks, and network visualisation. It will be a key educational resource students and teachers.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 264mm x 189mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 684g
• ISBN-13: 9781009170642
• ISBN-10: 1009170643
• Artikelnr.: 66345399

Autorenporträt

Tom Brughmans is Associate Professor of Classical Archaeology at the Centre for Urban Network Evolutions, Aarhus University. His research explores how social networks connected people throughout history, how large integrated economies like the Roman Empire could function for centuries, and how expansive communication systems using fire and smoke signaling worked.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introducing network science for archaeology
2. Putting network science to work in archaeological research
3. Network data
4. Exploratory network analysis
5. Quantifying uncertainty in archaeological networks
6. Network visualisation
7. Spatial networks and networks in space
8. Uniting theory and method for archaeological network research
Appendix A: Answers for exercises
Appendix B: Software
Glossary.