Systems of Interaction between the First Sedentary Villages in the Near East Exposed Using Agent-Based Modelling of Obsidian Exchange

In the Near East, nomadic hunter-gatherer societies became sedentary farmers for the first time during the transition into the Neolithic. Sedentary life presented a risk of isolation for Neolithic groups. As fluid intergroup interactions are crucial for the sharing of information, resources and gene...

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Autores: Ortega Cobos, David, Ibáñez Estévez, Juan José, Campos, Daniel, Khalidi, Lamya, Méndez López, Vicenç, Teira, Luís
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/12971
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Palabra clave:Neolític -- Orient Mitjà
Neolithic period -- Middle East
Obsidiana -- Comerç
Obsidian -- Commerce
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spelling Systems of Interaction between the First Sedentary Villages in the Near East Exposed Using Agent-Based Modelling of Obsidian ExchangeOrtega Cobos, DavidIbáñez Estévez, Juan JoséCampos, DanielKhalidi, LamyaMéndez López, VicençTeira, LuísNeolític -- Orient MitjàNeolithic period -- Middle EastObsidiana -- ComerçObsidian -- CommerceIn the Near East, nomadic hunter-gatherer societies became sedentary farmers for the first time during the transition into the Neolithic. Sedentary life presented a risk of isolation for Neolithic groups. As fluid intergroup interactions are crucial for the sharing of information, resources and genes, Neolithic villages developed a network of contacts. In this paper we study obsidian exchange between Neolithic villages in order to characterize this network of interaction. Using agent-based modelling and elements taken from complex network theory, we model obsidian exchange and compare results with archaeological data. We demonstrate that complex networks of interaction were established at the outset of the Neolithic and hypothesize that the existence of these complex networks was a necessary condition for the success and spread of a new way of livingThis work was partially funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy (grants SimulPast-CSD-2010-00034, HAR2013-47480-P and FIS2012-32334)MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Espanya)2016info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10256/12971http://hdl.handle.net/10256/12971Systems, 2016, vol. 4, núm. 2, p.18Articles publicats (D-H)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3390/systems4020018info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/eissn/2079-8954MINECO/PN 2010-2017/CSD2010-00034Attribution 4.0 Spainhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10256/129712026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Systems of Interaction between the First Sedentary Villages in the Near East Exposed Using Agent-Based Modelling of Obsidian Exchange
title Systems of Interaction between the First Sedentary Villages in the Near East Exposed Using Agent-Based Modelling of Obsidian Exchange
spellingShingle Systems of Interaction between the First Sedentary Villages in the Near East Exposed Using Agent-Based Modelling of Obsidian Exchange
Ortega Cobos, David
Neolític -- Orient Mitjà
Neolithic period -- Middle East
Obsidiana -- Comerç
Obsidian -- Commerce
title_short Systems of Interaction between the First Sedentary Villages in the Near East Exposed Using Agent-Based Modelling of Obsidian Exchange
title_full Systems of Interaction between the First Sedentary Villages in the Near East Exposed Using Agent-Based Modelling of Obsidian Exchange
title_fullStr Systems of Interaction between the First Sedentary Villages in the Near East Exposed Using Agent-Based Modelling of Obsidian Exchange
title_full_unstemmed Systems of Interaction between the First Sedentary Villages in the Near East Exposed Using Agent-Based Modelling of Obsidian Exchange
title_sort Systems of Interaction between the First Sedentary Villages in the Near East Exposed Using Agent-Based Modelling of Obsidian Exchange
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ortega Cobos, David
Ibáñez Estévez, Juan José
Campos, Daniel
Khalidi, Lamya
Méndez López, Vicenç
Teira, Luís
author Ortega Cobos, David
author_facet Ortega Cobos, David
Ibáñez Estévez, Juan José
Campos, Daniel
Khalidi, Lamya
Méndez López, Vicenç
Teira, Luís
author_role author
author2 Ibáñez Estévez, Juan José
Campos, Daniel
Khalidi, Lamya
Méndez López, Vicenç
Teira, Luís
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Espanya)
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Neolític -- Orient Mitjà
Neolithic period -- Middle East
Obsidiana -- Comerç
Obsidian -- Commerce
topic Neolític -- Orient Mitjà
Neolithic period -- Middle East
Obsidiana -- Comerç
Obsidian -- Commerce
description In the Near East, nomadic hunter-gatherer societies became sedentary farmers for the first time during the transition into the Neolithic. Sedentary life presented a risk of isolation for Neolithic groups. As fluid intergroup interactions are crucial for the sharing of information, resources and genes, Neolithic villages developed a network of contacts. In this paper we study obsidian exchange between Neolithic villages in order to characterize this network of interaction. Using agent-based modelling and elements taken from complex network theory, we model obsidian exchange and compare results with archaeological data. We demonstrate that complex networks of interaction were established at the outset of the Neolithic and hypothesize that the existence of these complex networks was a necessary condition for the success and spread of a new way of living
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dc.source.none.fl_str_mv Systems, 2016, vol. 4, núm. 2, p.18
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