Publications

Norms in H-F-G societies. Grounds for agent-based social simulation.

Publication Type:

Conference Paper

Authors:

David de la Cruz; Jordi Estévez; Pablo Noriega; Manuela Pérez; Raquel Piqué; Jordi Sabater-Mir; Asunción Vila; Daniel Villatoro

Source:

CAA'2010 Fusion of Cultures. Proceedings of the 38th Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, CAA, Granada, p.237-240 (2010)

Abstract:

The use of agent-directed simulation in archaeology has a relatively long tradition. However, these simulations have been always oriented mainly to study spatial processes and resource management and systematically ignore an es- sential aspect of any society: the use of social and institutional norms as a mechanism to regulate the behaviour of the individuals. In this paper we propose a norm-centric simulation (in contrast to the traditional resource-centric simulation) where the normative system is both the core of the simulation and the subject of study. Our final goal is to set the foundations of a rather general model of social behaviour in a hunter-fisher-gatherer (HFG) society without political institutions but with strict social norms.

Notes:

There is a Spanish version in Cuadernos de Prehistoria y Arqueología, No. 20; pp 149-161., 2010 (U. Granada)

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