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Geographic Expansion Model (GEM) (1.0.0)

The purpose of this model is to explore the importance of geographic factors to the settlement choices of early Neolithic agriculturalists. In the model, each agriculturalist spreads to one of the best locations within a modeler specified radius. The best location is determined by choosing either one factor such as elevation or slope; or by ranking geographic factors in order of importance.

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Release Notes

The model uses GIS files that are located in a folder called maps and data. Also included, is a raster, gis file, that as used to evaluate the results from the model. An excel file contains the Neolithic sites used to create the chronosurface.

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Geographic Expansion Model (GEM) 1.0.0

Submitted by Sean Bergin Published Feb 28, 2020 Last modified Feb 28, 2020
human migration neolithic archaeological computing

The purpose of this model is to explore the importance of geographic factors to the settlement choices of early Neolithic agriculturalists. In the model, each agriculturalist spreads to one of the best locations within a modeler specified radius. The best location is determined by choosing either one factor such as elevation or slope; or by ranking geographic factors in order of importance.

Release Notes

The model uses GIS files that are located in a folder called maps and data. Also included, is a raster, gis file, that as used to evaluate the results from the model. An excel file contains the Neolithic sites used to create the chronosurface.

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Sean Bergin (2020, February 28). “Geographic Expansion Model (GEM)” (Version 1.0.0). CoMSES Computational Model Library. Retrieved from: https://www.comses.net/codebases/d57eded8-0513-43a1-9842-7a8404c32472/releases/1.0.0/

References

Bergin, Sean (2020, In Review). The Essential Geography of the Impresso-Cardial Spread: the development and application of a chronosurface to the spread of agriculture in the west Mediterranean. In Simulating the Transition to Agriculture and Its Ecological and Cultural Consequences, edited by Sean M. Bergin and Salvador Pardo-Gordó. Springer, New York.

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Contributors
Sean Bergin
DOI
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Model Version
1.0.0
License
GPL-3.0
Programming Language
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Software Framework
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Operating System
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Publish Date
Friday, February 28, 2020
Last Updated
Friday, February 28, 2020
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Peer Review
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Version Submitter First published Last modified Status
1.0.0 Sean Bergin Fri Feb 28 17:41:57 2020 Fri Feb 28 17:41:58 2020 Published

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