id
	10313
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/10313
Resource template
	Academic Article
Resource class
	bibo:AcademicArticle
Title
	Testing competing archaeological theories of Israel’s origins using computation techniques
Creator
	Livni, Joseph
Date
	2017
Language
	eng
Rights
	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Abstract
	Conflicting archaeological evidence has generated conflicting theories about Israel’s origins. This work assembles all the theories into four categories and tests each category using computational tools borrowed from bio-mathematics. The bio-mathematical tools are models of diffusion, contagion and epidemics adjusted by various researches to study cultural transmission, ethnic borders and justice administration. The mathematical tools help reconcile known conflicting archaeological evidence and examine two aspects of the evidence that have not been considered so far: the alignment of the borders between material cultures and the conflict between sedentary and egalitarian lifestyles. Theories of immigration of pastoralist nomads passed the test.
Is Part Of
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/2002
Doi
	https://doi.org/10.19282/ac.28.1.2017.07
Issue
	1
Pages
	109-128
Uri
	https://www.archcalc.cnr.it/journal/articles/900
Volume
	28
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/DS4Q853L/item-list

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