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Alternative Stories of Agricultural Origins: The Neolithic Spread in the Iberian Peninsula
Joan Bernabeu AubánSalvador Pardo-gordóC. Michael BartonSean M. Berginsubject
Agent-based model010506 paleontologyMiddle Eastgeography.geographical_feature_category060102 archaeologybusiness.industryMultiple hypotheses06 humanities and the arts01 natural sciencesArchaeologylaw.inventionGeographyPeninsulaAgriculturelaw0601 history and archaeologyEconomic geographyRadiocarbon datingbusiness0105 earth and related environmental sciencesdescription
The spread of agriculture from the Near East to Europe has long been a subject of intense archaeological study and debate in light of the social and economic changes that occurred and were set in motion as a result of this transition. Despite the attention paid to this important process, a consensus is far from being reached. Perhaps for these reasons, new methods and theoretical approaches have often been applied to the questions surrounding the spread of agriculture first. Recently, computational modeling has emerged as a promising technique for the study of the origins of agriculture. Our approach employs an agent-based computational model of agricultural spread for the Iberian Peninsula and utilizes a substantial radiocarbon database. This method allows for us to test multiple hypotheses about the manner in which agriculture spread, where it may have spread from and to focus on the critical evaluation of the available chronological record and its effects upon our results.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-01 |