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Angourakis A., Salpeteur Matthieu, Martinez Ferreras V., Gurt Esparraguera J.M. (2017). The Nice Musical Chairs model : exploring the role of competition and cooperation between farming and herding in the formation of land use patterns in arid Afro-Eurasia [+ erratum]. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 24 (4), p. 1177-1202. ISSN 1072-5369.

Titre du document
The Nice Musical Chairs model : exploring the role of competition and cooperation between farming and herding in the formation of land use patterns in arid Afro-Eurasia [+ erratum]
Année de publication
2017
Type de document
Article référencé dans le Web of Science WOS:000413986100005
Auteurs
Angourakis A., Salpeteur Matthieu, Martinez Ferreras V., Gurt Esparraguera J.M.
Source
Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2017, 24 (4), p. 1177-1202 ISSN 1072-5369
Following a strictly theory-building approach, we developed an agent-based simulation model, the Nice Musical Chairs model, to represent the competition between groups of stakeholders of farming and herding activities in the arid Afro-Eurasia. The model deepens the questions raised by the results of our former model, the Musical Chairs model, and further introduces three socio-economic mechanisms, which modulate the behavior and performance of stakeholders and their groups. First, we define land use pairing as the awarding, regarding productivity, of any direct cooperation between farming and herding within a group. Second, group management is modeled as the prerogative of a group leadership to manage stakeholders to pursue a particular proportion between farming and herding. Third, we introduce restricted access to pasture as the engagement in territorial control of rangelands in opposition to an open access regime. An exhaustive exploration of scenarios and parameters placed the control over rangelands as the most significant factor in the formation of land use patterns, followed by land use management. While the effect of land use pairing is mild in comparison, it is still a significant factor in group selection and thus in the persistence of particular land use patterns in the long run.
Plan de classement
Sciences du milieu [021] ; Economie et sociologie rurale [098] ; Sociétés, développement culturel [112] ; Informatique [122]
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010072645]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010072645
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