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The emergence and development of modelling in archaeology and geography as well as the relationship of these disciplines is discussed. This narrative is embedded in a broader view on science and humanities. Archaeology and geography are identified as bridging disciplines between the two cultures of science and humanities. This emphasises the interdisciplinary role of archaeology, geography and modelling. In addition, the three sets of data used in the case studies are introduced. These data form a minimal example to exemplify different modelling concepts to highlight their strength and weaknesses. Finally, some mathematical concepts including logic, sets, relations, algebra, graph theory, statistics, stochastic and optimisation are mentioned, since they are vital to understand the content of this book. Brief summaries of concepts and facts as well as references to further reading help to refresh the knowledge and prepare the mathematical background for the following chapters.

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Nakoinz, O., Knitter, D. (2016). Introduction and Mathematics. In: Modelling Human Behaviour in Landscapes. Quantitative Archaeology and Archaeological Modelling . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29538-1_1

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