Agent-Based Modelling to assess the quality and bias of the archaeological record

Projektinformationen

ArchBiMod

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 101020631

DOI 10.3030/101020631

Projekt abgeschlossen

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 20 April 2021

Startdatum 1 September 2021

Enddatum 31 August 2023

Finanziert unter

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Gesamtkosten € 212 933,76

EU-Beitrag € 212 933,76

Koordiniert durch

THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
United Kingdom

Projektbeschreibung

Optimiertes Instrument für weniger Bias in archäologischen Aufzeichnungen

Die synthetische und rechnergestützte Archäologie arbeitet mit großen Datensätzen und forscht konzeptionell in einer weit gefassten Dynamik. Das EU-finanzierte Projekt ArchBiMod wird ein modulares, frei zugängliches und leicht anwendbares Modell entwickeln, das die archäologische Interferenz und Interpretation solcher breit angelegten Analysedaten verbessert und durch agentenbasierte Simulationen gleichzeitig systematische Fehler (Bias) reduziert. ArchBiMod wird anhand verschiedener Aspekte betrachten, wie sich Bias in archäologischen Aufzeichnungen auf die Hypothesenformulierung auswirkt. Zunächst wird es häufig auftretende Probleme bei Schaffung und Verlust von Aufzeichnungen oder differenzieller Forschung bewerten. Anschließend kommen spezifische Forschungsfragen hinzu, die mit der Demografie bei der Neolithisierung Europas zusammenhängen.

Ziel

Archaeological data is often biased and incomplete. This is a well-known issue for most archaeologists. Although studies of specific sites and small regions can have this into account, the effect of this problem increases exponentially as archaeologists try to expand their chronological and geographic frame, and try to answer questions related to general dynamics and broad human processes, such as the European Neolithisation. Moreover, the increase of archaeological activity in the past years, along with the heterogeneity of archaeological methods and the accumulation of legacy datasets, often collected with specific purposes, adds great difficulty to a detailed analysis of the interrelation of similar processes through different geographic regions. In this regard, synthetic and computational archaeology, because they usually rely on large datasets and focus their research in broad-frame dynamics, are particularly sensitive to this kind of problems. ArchBiMod will address this issue to improve archaeological inference and interpretation of wide-range dynamics. This project will perform a comprehensive Agent-Based simulation, which will have into account different aspects related to how biases in the archaeological record affect hypothesis building. It will do so in two stages. First, it will assess common issues, such as record formation, record loss or differential research, and then it will add to those common factors specific research topics related the demography of the European Neolithisation. By doing this, ArchBiMod will build a modular open and easy-to-use model which can then be used by other archaeologists to assess their own problems, and enlarged with different research topics through collaboration. Ultimately, ArchBiMod will bring a significant contribution in two ways: by providing a thorough and comprehensive analysis of archaeological bias factors and by creating an open and useful tool which will improve how archaeologists understand the past.

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › data science
• humanities › history and archaeology › archaeology

Schlüsselbegriffe

• Agent-Based Modelling. Archaeological Bias. Demography. 14C dates. Neolithisation

Programm/Programme

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Thema/Themen

• MSCA-IF-2020 - Individual Fellowships

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

H2020-MSCA-IF-2020

Finanzierungsplan

MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

Koordinator

THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

• Netto-EU-Beitrag: € 212 933,76
• Adresse: TRINITY LANE THE OLD SCHOOLS ; CB2 1TN Cambridge ; Vereinigtes Königreich
• Region: East of England › East Anglia › Cambridgeshire CC
• Aktivitätstyp: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Gesamtkosten: € 212 933,76