通过基于代理的模拟,探索移动性和选择对石材工具回收行为的影响
1Center for the Study of Human Origins, Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America.
PloS one
|November 9, 2023
概括
古石器时代的石器回收是关键,但其对景观的影响尚不清楚. 基于代理的模型显示,回收文物的位置并不总是与清理地点相匹配,特别是高流动性.
科学领域:
- 考古学科学 考古学科学
- 古石器时代的考古学考古学
- 基于代理的建模模型
背景情况:
- 石器回收在古石器时代至关重要,但它对整个景观的考古记录的影响仍然不太清楚.
- 之前的研究缺乏对回收行为如何影响文物分布和表面环境中的可见性有明确的预期.
研究的目的:
- 调查回收行为如何塑造地表环境中的考古记录.
- 探索回收频率,职业强度,流动性和文物选择对文物分布的影响.
主要方法:
- 利用基于代理的模型在地表考古环境中模拟回收行为.
- 各种参数,如回收频率,职业强度,流动性模式和文物选择标准.
主要成果:
- 更多的回收文物表明更多的清理,但它们的位置可能不反映实际的清理地点,特别是高流动性.
- 回收的文物往往是那些在表面环境中暴露时间较长的文物.
- 流动性策略和选择偏好对由于回收而造成的考古记录形成有重大影响.
结论:
- 该研究提供了从考古记录中解释回收行为的见解.
- 在景观层面上对回收文物事件进行上下文化对于准确的解释至关重要.
- 基于代理的建模为了解考古学中复杂的形成过程提供了有价值的工具.
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