Simulating cultural transmission: preliminary results and their implications for the study of formal variability of material culture in the Central Balkan Neolithic
In this paper, we adopt the theoretical framework of evolutionary archaeology in order to model and simulate cultural transmission between hypothetical Neolithic sites in Balkans. We simulate neutral cultural transmission in order to compare the simulation results with empirically observed pattern...
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In this paper, we adopt the theoretical framework of evolutionary archaeology in order to model and simulate cultural transmission between hypothetical Neolithic sites in Balkans. We simulate neutral cultural transmission in order to compare the simulation results with empirically observed patterns of material culture variability such as traditional archaeological cultures. Our preliminary results show that a series of random local interactions can result in spatial groupings of typologically similar assemblages that correspond to the spatial distributions of traditional archaeological cultures, even in the absence of any other ‘external’ factor such as an overarching regional political structure or shared collective identity.
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| spelling | doaj.art-2a5600c7fb6b4111b1b9571e8398db8f2023-01-18T09:20:32ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Documenta Praehistorica1408-967X1854-24922014-12-014110.4312/dp.41.8Simulating cultural transmission: preliminary results and their implications for the study of formal variability of material culture in the Central Balkan NeolithicMarko Porčić0Miloš Nešić1Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of BelgradeDepartment of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade In this paper, we adopt the theoretical framework of evolutionary archaeology in order to model and simulate cultural transmission between hypothetical Neolithic sites in Balkans. We simulate neutral cultural transmission in order to compare the simulation results with empirically observed patterns of material culture variability such as traditional archaeological cultures. Our preliminary results show that a series of random local interactions can result in spatial groupings of typologically similar assemblages that correspond to the spatial distributions of traditional archaeological cultures, even in the absence of any other ‘external’ factor such as an overarching regional political structure or shared collective identity. https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/2335evolutionary archaeologycultural transmissionarchaeological cultureNeolithicBalkanssimulation |
| spellingShingle | Marko Porčić Miloš Nešić Simulating cultural transmission: preliminary results and their implications for the study of formal variability of material culture in the Central Balkan Neolithic Documenta Praehistorica evolutionary archaeology cultural transmission archaeological culture Neolithic Balkans simulation |
| title | Simulating cultural transmission: preliminary results and their implications for the study of formal variability of material culture in the Central Balkan Neolithic |
| title_full | Simulating cultural transmission: preliminary results and their implications for the study of formal variability of material culture in the Central Balkan Neolithic |
| title_fullStr | Simulating cultural transmission: preliminary results and their implications for the study of formal variability of material culture in the Central Balkan Neolithic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Simulating cultural transmission: preliminary results and their implications for the study of formal variability of material culture in the Central Balkan Neolithic |
| title_short | Simulating cultural transmission: preliminary results and their implications for the study of formal variability of material culture in the Central Balkan Neolithic |
| title_sort | simulating cultural transmission preliminary results and their implications for the study of formal variability of material culture in the central balkan neolithic |
| topic | evolutionary archaeology cultural transmission archaeological culture Neolithic Balkans simulation |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/2335 |
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