AU  - Wilkinson, T. J.,
AU  - Gibson, M.,  
AU  - Widell, Magnus, 
TI  - Models of Mesopotamian Landscapes: How Small-scale Processes Contributed to the Growth of Early Civilizations 
T2  - British Archaeological Reports International Series
SN  - 9781407311739
AV  - DS56 M63 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Archaeopress
KW  - Urbanization
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Excavations (Archaeology)
KW  - Cities and towns, Ancient
KW  - Landscapes
KW  - History
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Material culture
KW  - Land settlement
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Antiquities
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Chapter 1. Background, Research Design and Structure of the Modelling Program -- Chapter 2. Physical Geography, Environmental Change and the Role of Water / T. J. Wilkinson and Carrie Hritz -- Chapter 3. Settlement Archaeology of Mesopotamia / T. J. Wilkinson, Jason A. Ur, Carrie Hritz --  Chapter 4. Land Use of the Model Communities / Magnus Widell, Carrie Hritz, Jason A. Ur and T. J. Wilkinson -- Chapter 5. Staple Production, Cultivation and Sedentary Life : Model imput Data / Magnus Widell, Benjamin Studevent-Hickman, Jonathan Tenney, Jacob Lauinger, Daniel Mahoney and Tate Paulette -- Chapter 6. Consumption and Storage in the Bronze Age / Tate Paulette -- Chapter 7. Household and Village in Early Mesopotamia / Magnus Widell, McGuire Gibson, T. J. Wilkinson, Benjamin Studevent-Hickman and Jonathan Tenney -- Chapter 8. Pastoral Systems and Economies of Mobility / Tate Paulette -- Chapter 9. The 'External Economy' : Networks and Trade / Scott Branting, T. J. Wilkinson, John Christiansen, Magnus Widell, Carrie Hritz, Jason Ur, Benjamin Studevent-Hickman, Mark Altaweel -- Chapter 10. The Modelling Framework / John H. Christiansen -- Chapter 11. Output from the Agent-Based Modelling Program / T. J. Wilkinson, John Christiansen, Mark Altaweel, Magnus Widell -- Chapter 12. Modelling Nomad-Settlement Interactions / Mark Altaweel and Tate Paulette -- Chapter 13. Simulating the Effects of Salinization on Irrigation Agriculture in Southern Mesopotamia / Mark Altaweel -- Chapter 14. The Application of an Entropy Maximising model to the rise of Urbanism / Mark Altaweel -- Chapter 15. Discussion and Conclusions.
ER  -