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A Complex Past: Theory and Applications

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The proposed special issue arose from the session #215 “Networks of Interaction and Communication. Patterns of Emerging Complexity” at the Annual meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists held virtually in 2020. It aims to offer a look at the most recent international advances in the analysis of complex systems and networks of interaction and communication.

Editors

  • Jan-Eric Schlicht Jan-Eric Schlicht  &

    Jan-Eric Schlicht

    Jan-Eric Schlicht is a PhD researcher within the CRC 1266 – “Scales of Transformation” at Kiel University in Germany. He is an anthropological archaeologist specializing in archaeological theory, cultural anthropology, and ethnoarchaeology. In his PhD-research Jan-Eric investigates interaction patterns between ‘Hunter-Gatherers’ and ‘Farmers’ in ethnographical and archaeological contexts, from global to local scales. His work rests on the integration of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies as well as theoretical considerations on categorization, narrative, ‘culture’ and complexity thinking.

  • Aleksandr Diachenko Aleksandr Diachenko

    Aleksandr Diachenko

    Senior Researcher at the Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He is an anthropological archaeologist specializing in archaeological modeling, demography, spatial systems and the Eneolithic period in Eastern Europe. A major component of Aleksandr's work has entailed the creation of space-time models that elucidate regionally variegated processes of human migration and social complexity. His research forms a bridge between traditional typochronological and advanced computational and archaeometric approaches, while uniting diverse scholars from Ukraine, the European Union and the United States.

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