The model is part of a broader ABM populated with autonomous, utility-seeking agents corresponding to households with the ability to employ any spatial interaction model of choice.Īs such, it allows the study of the settlements’ trading ability and power, given their geo-location and their position within the trading network, and the structural properties of the network itself.Īs a case study we use the Minoan society during the Bronze Age, in the wider area of "Knossos" on the island of Crete, Greece. In this work we put forward a novel agent-based trading model, for simulating the exchange and distribution of resources across settlements in past societies. Social and computational archaeology focuses largely on the study of past societies and the evolution of human behaviour.Īt the same time, agent-based models (ABMs) allow the efficient modeling of human agency, and the quantitative representation and exploration of specific properties and patterns in archaeological information.
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