2017
DOI: 10.3389/fdigh.2017.00008
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Was Thebes Necessary? Contingency in Spatial Modeling

Abstract: When data are poor, we resort to theory modeling. This is a two-step process. We have first to identify the appropriate type of model for the system under consideration and then to tailor it to the specifics of the case. To understand settlement formation, which is the concern of this article, this involves choosing not only input parameter values such as site separations but also input functions that characterizes the ease of travel between sites. Although the generic behavior of the model is understood, the … Show more

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“…We would not be so crass as to pair 1 15 5 Argos/Argos™, for example, but the way in which dominant sites arise which partition territory make the parallels between ancient and modern site-dominance plausible. Its success in this case, despite some caveats (Evans, Rivers 2017), has led to several successful subsequent applications: e.g., Bronze Age Crete (Paliou et al 2016;Bevan et al 2016), La Tène West Europe (Filet 2017) and Middle Bronze Age Anatolia (Davis et al 2014;Palmisano, Altaweel 2015), as discussed below. Once urbanisation has been implemented, the model is exhausted.…”
Section: The 'Retail Model'mentioning
confidence: 94%
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“…We would not be so crass as to pair 1 15 5 Argos/Argos™, for example, but the way in which dominant sites arise which partition territory make the parallels between ancient and modern site-dominance plausible. Its success in this case, despite some caveats (Evans, Rivers 2017), has led to several successful subsequent applications: e.g., Bronze Age Crete (Paliou et al 2016;Bevan et al 2016), La Tène West Europe (Filet 2017) and Middle Bronze Age Anatolia (Davis et al 2014;Palmisano, Altaweel 2015), as discussed below. Once urbanisation has been implemented, the model is exhausted.…”
Section: The 'Retail Model'mentioning
confidence: 94%
“…We avoid explicit algebra where we can. The interested reader can find a more mathematical analysis in several chapters of Wilson (1970), in Sven Erlander and Neil F. Stewart (1990) and in our recent work (Rivers, Evans 2014;Evans, Rivers 2017).…”
Section: Assyrian Trade As the 'Most Likely' Outcome ('Maxent')mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Gravity models can be created by simply calculating accumulated cost surfaces around sites. Instead of assuming a linear decrease in interaction potential with increasing travel time or energy expenditure, an exponential decrease is then specified in a deterrence (Evans and Rivers 2017) or distance decay function (Nuninger et al 2006). This assumption is based on the consideration that interactions are much more probable over short distances.…”
Section: Network (Re)construction Techniquesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It has been used in archaeology since the late 1980s to estimate flows of people, goods and ideas between settlements, mainly to explore the evolution of settlement systems and the emergence of regional centres within a given settlement distribution. To date, this model has been applied by archaeologists and historians with a relative degree of success in different cultural contexts, including Geometric Greece (Rihll and Wilson 1987;Evans and Rivers 2017), Bronze Age Crete (Bevan and Wilson 2013;Paliou and Bevan 2016), Middle Bronze Age and Iron Age Syria (Davies et al 2014;Palmisano and Altaweel 2015) and Latenian Europe (Filet 2017).…”
Section: Pedestrian Modelling Lead Author: Katherine a Crawfordmentioning
confidence: 99%