Specialization and social inequality in Bronze Age SE Arabia: analyzing the development of production strategies and economic networks using agent-based modeling

Rouse, Lynne M.; Weeks, Lloyd

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.023

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“…The recent volume edited by Wurzer, Kowarik, and Reschreiter (2015) provides several example articles that implement ABM's latest advances as applied to an archaeological context. The reader is referred to a large group of recent publications that incorporate a variety of approaches to complex phenomena in archaeology (Balbo et al 2014;Barton 2014;Barton et al 2012;Barton et al 2011;Barton et al 2010;Barton and Riel-Salvatore 2014;Breitenecker et al 2015;Crema 2014;Crema et al 2014a;Gavrilets et al 2010;Godino et al 2014;Heckbert 2013;Kohler et al 2012a;Kohler et al 2012b;Kohler and Varien 2012;Ortega et al 2014;Premo 2012;Rogers 2013;Rogers et al 2012;Rouse and Weeks 2011;Rubio Campillo et al 2012;Turchin et al 2013;White 2013). The discussion in these articles, however, often concentrates on a particular case study or research question.…”

Section: Opening the Black Boxmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rethinking the role of Agent-Based Modeling in archaeology

Cegielski

Rogers

2016

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

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Agent-Based Modeling (ABM) represents a methodology with significant potential for altering archaeological analytical practice. The tripling of publications within the last 7 years that use ABM provides evidence for the significance of this emerging approach. However, the scope of the research topics investigated has not increased accordingly. A consensus exists among ABM practitioners, that once generally accepted by the field, ABM can make revolutionary advances within the overall archaeological research paradigm. Unresolved concerns within the archaeological community center on whether ABMs are sufficiently grounded in empirical data, are aligned with theoretical trajectories, and on the difficult task of mastering the computational systems. It is worth exploring these aspects of the disjuncture between the mainstream and ABM practitioners for two reasons-to frame a discussion of qualities of ABM that make it transformative and to provide guidelines for broadening ABM's applicability. With capacity-building in mind, offered here is a practical reference for the nonpractitioner archaeologist considering ABM. A glossary is included of key terms used in the text to describe ABM methods and theory.

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Section: Opening the Black Boxmentioning

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Rethinking the role of Agent-Based Modeling in archaeology

Cegielski

Rogers

2016

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

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“…The nature of these variations helps tackle socio-economic transformations and diversification. The increasing segmentation of space in manufacturing activities and the growing standardisation of procedures, in particular, hint at gradual reorganisation of the workforce and increased know-how in a series of cottage industries, at both the intra-site and inter-site level, and, for the late occupations, even the appearance of separated workshop areas (for the dynamics of socio-economic complexification, see also Rouse & Weeks, 2011).…”

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Modelling the built environment: Spatial patterns, siting techniques and layout works of non‐monumental architecture in Early Bronze Age Eastern Arabia

Azzarà

2020

Arab Archaeol Epigr

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Architectural vestiges constitute a major culturally related element and are key in defining archaeological complexes. Each and every of component of the built environment reflects a social dimension that constitutes its essence, and is a significant proxy for socioeconomic and cultural dynamics (cf. Azzarà, 2012: 432-433; in press). The analysis of the architectural space is essential to comprehend how settlements integrate with the wider cultural landscape, how housing integrates settlements, how communities cope with their needs at the level of the social unit and beyond, and ultimately how populations conceive their own socioeconomic organisation. Understanding how buildings were designed in the past is a core question when approaching architecture and its development, and a question that has long been the object of archaeological research (e.g. Arnold, 1991; Emery, 2007; Forest, 1991; Kubba, 1990). By conceiving architecture as active material culture, the analysis of architectural materiality and design reveals its social dimension both in the final

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“…As has been argued by several scholars, EBA archaeological evidence in the Oman peninsula, hinting at principles of equality and affiliation, probably conceals a more fragmented societal reality, marked by tangible socio‐economic differentiation (e.g. Cleuziou, : 202, 227; : 140–141; Munoz, : 262–263; Rouse & Weeks, : 1587–1589). Inequalities, presumably apparent during burial, were eventually blurred by funerary rituals, with the integration of individuals and grave‐goods in a collective tomb, where remains were rapidly mixed up.…”

Section: Conclusion: the Final Phase Of The Umm An‐nar Period As An mentioning

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Socio‐cultural innovations of the Final Umm an‐Nar period (c.2100–2000 BCE) in the Oman peninsula: new insights from Ra's al‐Jinz RJ‐2

Azzarà

Rorre

2017

Arab Archaeol Epigr

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The Early Bronze Age site of RJ-2, located close to the coastal village of Ra's al-Jinz on the eastern Omani coast (Niyabat Ra's al-Hadd), was the focus of archaeological investigations for over two decades. The latest campaigns of excavation unearthed an architectural complex (Building XII) dated to the very end of the Umm an-Nar period (Final UaN, c.2100-2000, previously attested on site by poorly preserved remains. This paper presents the remains explored during the most recent fieldwork, focusing on the stratigraphic-structural sequence and the spatial layout. It also considers the transformations affecting structural evidence and material culture during this period, at both local and regional level, highlighting their significance for a comprehensive assessment of the last occupations related to the Early Bronze Age in south-eastern Arabia. The paper concludes by showing how the Final Umm an-Nar phase represents an age of substantial socio-cultural innovations, which most likely shaped the transition towards the following Wadi Suq period.

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Specialization and social inequality in Bronze Age SE Arabia: analyzing the development of production strategies and economic networks using agent-based modeling

Cited by 18 publications

References 25 publications

Rethinking the role of Agent-Based Modeling in archaeology

Rethinking the role of Agent-Based Modeling in archaeology

Modelling the built environment: Spatial patterns, siting techniques and layout works of non‐monumental architecture in Early Bronze Age Eastern Arabia

Socio‐cultural innovations of the Final Umm an‐Nar period (c.2100–2000 BCE) in the Oman peninsula: new insights from Ra's al‐Jinz RJ‐2

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