The origins of agriculture in Iberia: a computational model

Salvador Pardo Gordó; Joan Bernabeu Aubán; Oreto García Puchol; Michael Barton; Sean M. Bergin

doi:10.4312/dp.42.7

Authors

Salvador Pardo Gordó Departament de Prehistòria i Arqueologia. Universitat de València (Spain)
Joan Bernabeu Aubán Departament de Prehistòria i Arqueologia, Universitat de València
Oreto García Puchol Investigadora Ramón y Cajal\Departament de Prehistòria i Arqueologia, Universitat de València
Michael Barton Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity, Arizona State University
Sean M. Bergin School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.42.7

Keywords:

simulation, Neolithic, Iberian Peninsula, radiocarbon, agent-based model

Abstract

Here we discuss the importance of using the rich and growing database of high-precision, audited radiocarbon dates for high-resolution bottom-up modelling to focus on problems concerning the spread of the Neolithic in the Iberia. We also compare the spread of the Late Mesolithic (so-called Geometric) and the Early Neolithic using our modelling environment. Our results suggest that the source of radiocarbon data used to evaluate alternative hypotheses plays an important role in the results and open up new lines of research for the future.