This paper provides an up-to-date history of archaeological computer simulation, starting
with the early 1970s simulation models, but paying particular attention to those developed …

Advances in computing hardware coupled with its software counterparts have, for the past
decades, influenced to a greater extent both the workflow of archaeologists and their …

12.2 Technology tree in Age of Empires: Definitive Edition–in every age, a new layer of
technologies, units and buildings is unlocked (2017© Forgotten Empires/Microsoft) 211 12.3 …

This chapter discusses some of the conceptual issues surrounding the use of agent-based
modelling in archaeology. Specifically, it addresses three questions: Why use agent-based …

While many towns and cities have historic origins, the modern urban landscape is often
unrecognisable from the past. Over the last two thousand years innumerable changes have …

The concept of applying video game technology for the exploration and popularization of
cultural heritage is both powerful and obvious. The educational potential of video games has …

Affinity space–a location, real or virtual, in which individuals can engage in informal learning
and production of knowledge. It is not necessarily an integrated community, and individuals …

Remote sensing, powerful computing engines, and agent-based models offer new ways to
interpret data and broaden data collection, moving archaeologists closer to their ultimate …

The complexity of nature can only be solved by nature's intrinsic problem-solving approach.
Therefore, the computational modelling of nature requires careful observations of its …

Archaeologists were among some of the earliest users of agent-based modelling, but recent
years have undoubtedly seen a surge of interest in the use of this technique to infer past …