Reference : Conceptual framework of assessing the influence of cultural complexity to settlement ...

	Document type :	Scientific congresses, symposiums and conference proceedings : Unpublished conference
	Discipline(s) :	Arts & humanities : Archaeology
	Focus Areas :	Computational Sciences
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/43021

Title :	Conceptual framework of assessing the influence of cultural complexity to settlement pattern formation
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Sikk, Kaarel [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Identités, Politiques, Sociétés, Espaces (IPSE) >]
	Caruso, Geoffrey [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Identités, Politiques, Sociétés, Espaces (IPSE) >]
	Kriiska, Aivar []
Publication date :	Sep-2018
Peer reviewed :	No
Event name :	Conference on Complex Systems 2018, CCS2018
Event date :	23-09-2018 to 28-09-2018
Event place (city) :	Thessaloniki
Event country :	Greece
Keywords :	[en] settlement pattern ; agent based model ; cultural complexity
Abstract :	[en] Settlement patterns are one of the main products of prehistorical archaeological research and are used as spatial projections of past societies. In current paper we study how geographical locational data can reveal information about cultural complexity. The formation of the patterns is influenced by multiple factors from human-environment interactions to complex processes within society. We analyse the forces behind formation of settlement patterns from an agent based modelling perspective. For the purpose we construct a spatial discrete choice model and formulate it using random utility theory. We argue that agent decisions in the models can be decomposed into different rulesets. Those rules are mostly determined by attraction to natural affordances and sociocultural behaviours. Paleoecological and geological data can be used to extract information about human attraction to natural affordances. Analysing the resulting empirical data can reveal the significance of environment as determining settlement choice which we argue is declining with growing cultural complexity.
Target :	Researchers ; Professionals ; Students
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/43021
FnR project :	FnR ; FNR10929115 > Andreas Fickers > DHH > Digital History and Hermeneutics > 01/03/2017 > 31/08/2023 > 2016

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