DIGGING YOUR RUBBISH!A (not) new perspective to understand the amphorae production in the Roman
Empire
Maria CotoSarmiento@mcotsar
Understanding the human behaviour
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"We find certain types of remains –pots, implements, ornaments, burial rites and house forms – constantly
recurring together. Such a complex of associated traits we shall call a ‘cultural group’ or just ‘culture’”
(Childe, 1929)
Can we predict the past (and the future)using material culture?
• Political and economics changes• Culture dynamics• Changes eating patterns• Production dynamics• Chronology• Etc...
Some ideas...
COTOSARMIENTO, MARIA; RUBIOCAMPILLO, XAVIER & REMESAL, J. (2015): Ceci n’est pas de l’archéologie? A Bayesian approach to understandconsumption dynamics in Ancient Rome. The Student Conference on Complexity Science (SCCS) 9th11th september, Granada.
Was the Roman economy a free market?