TY - BOOK AU - Terrell, John AU - Golitko, Mark AU - Dawson, Helen AU - Kissel, Marc TI - Modeling the past: archaeology, history, and dynamic networks SN - 9781800738690 U1 - 930.1 PY - 2023/// CY - New York PB - Berghahn KW - Arqueología KW - Metodología KW - Análisis de sistemas KW - Ciencias sociales KW - Análisis de redes KW - Arqueologia KW - Métodos estadísticos N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; History matters -- Dynamic relational analysis -- Start with a question -- Theories of history -- Modeling theories -- Developing hypotheses -- Gathering information -- Analyzing data -- So what? N2 - How do researchers use dynamic network analysis, DYNA, to explore, model, and try to understand the complex global history of our species? Reduced to bare bones, network analysis is a way of understanding the world around us, a way called relational thinking, that is liberating but challenging. Using this handbook, researchers learn to develop historical and archaeological research questions anchored in DYNA. Undergraduate and graduate students, as well as professional historians and archaeologists can consult on issues that range from hypothesis-driven research to critiquing dominant historical narratives, especially those that have tended ignore the diversity of the archaeological record ER -