Collective action theory, as formulated in the social sciences, posits rational social actors
who regularly assess the actions of others to inform their own decisions to cooperate. In …

This article represents a systematic effort to answer the question, What are archaeology's
most important scientific challenges? Starting with a crowd-sourced query directed broadly …

This paper provides an up-to-date history of archaeological computer simulation, starting
with the early 1970s simulation models, but paying particular attention to those developed …

The consequences of climate change vary over space and time. Effective studies of human
responses to climatically induced environmental change must therefore sample the …

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was founded in 1988 to provide
governments with policy-relevant assessments of climate science as well as options for …

Abstract Agent-Based Modeling (ABM) represents a methodology with significant potential
for altering archaeological analytical practice. The continued growth in the number of …

Humans experience, adapt to and influence climate at local scales. Paleoclimate research,
however, tends to focus on continental, hemispheric or global scales, making it difficult for …

Formal models of past human societies informed by archaeological research have a high
potential for shaping some of the most topical current debates. Agent-based models, which …

We review a suite of agent-based models developed by the Village Ecodynamics Project
(VEP) to study ecological, economic, social, and political processes among prehispanic …

In 1966 the US Congress passed the National Historic Preservation Act. Its intent: to ensure
that the values embedded in historic buildings, archaeological sites, and other important …