This review aims to expose the potential of formal network methods for archaeology by
tracing the origins of the academic traditions, network models, and techniques that have …

Social network analysis (SNA) in archaeology has become important for a range of
theoretical and methodological approaches that can more generally be characterized as …

There seems to be a general feeling that some fundamental changes are underway in
archaeological thinking and have been for some time now. One need only look at some …

The application of method and theory from network science to archaeology has dramatically
increased over the last decade. In this article, we document this growth over time, discuss …

While the study of networks has grown exponentially in the past decade and is now having
an impact on how archaeologists study ancient societies, its emergence in the field has …

The late pre-Hispanic period in the US Southwest (AD 1200–1450) was characterized by
large-scale demographic changes, including long-distance migration and population …

The Cambridge Manual to Archaeological Network Science provides the first
comprehensive guide to a field of research that has firmly established itself within …

Ancient economies have been characterized by many researchers as localized, highly
controlled by political actors, and static over long periods of time. In Mesoamerica, recent …

The authors use a social network analysis to map the changing patterns of obsidian supply
among the Maya during the period of Classic to Postclassic transition. The quantity of …

Formal network analyses have a long history in archaeology but have recently seen a rapid
florescence. Network models drawing on approaches from graph theory, social network …