Spatial Variables as Proxies for Modelling Cognition and Decision-Making in Archaeological Settings: A Theoretical Perspective

Table of Contents

• Summary

• 1.0 Introduction
• 2.0 Explaining Cognition
  • 2.1 Agency and community
• 3.0 The Nature of Spatial Proxies for Cognition
  • 3.1 Direct causal references
  • 3.2 Indirect causal references
  • 3.3 Non-causal references
• 4.0 GIS Modelling of Cognition with Spatial Proxies
  • 4.1 Example 1 – The Nez Perce war
  • 4.2 Example 2 – Slavery and the landscape
• 5.0 Conclusions
• Bibliography

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