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The effect of error on cultural transmission (1.0.0)

This model contains three states. The main output of all three states is the change in the level of variability of specific traits over time. The first state simply looks at the effect of copying error during trait transmission over several generations. The second state integrates the possibility for agents to conform to the main trait pattern seen in previous generation, and the third state looks at agents’ choice to copy a prestigious individual instead of their parents. Comparing the outcomes of all states shows that the level of variability in the transmitted decreases when conformism or prestige is added to copying error.

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The effect of error on cultural transmission 1.0.0

Submitted by Claudine Gravel-Miguel Published Nov 01, 2012 Last modified Feb 23, 2018
variability cultural transmission copy error

This model contains three states. The main output of all three states is the change in the level of variability of specific traits over time. The first state simply looks at the effect of copying error during trait transmission over several generations. The second state integrates the possibility for agents to conform to the main trait pattern seen in previous generation, and the third state looks at agents’ choice to copy a prestigious individual instead of their parents. Comparing the outcomes of all states shows that the level of variability in the transmitted decreases when conformism or prestige is added to copying error.

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Claudine Gravel-Miguel (2013, April 27). “The effect of error on cultural transmission” (Version 1.0.0). CoMSES Computational Model Library. Retrieved from: https://www.comses.net/codebases/3359/releases/1.0.0/

Replication of a previously described model

Eerkens, J.W. and C.P. Lipo, 2005. Cultural transmission, copying errors, and the generation of variation in material culture and the archaeological record, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 24(4):316-34

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Claudine Gravel-Miguel
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Model Version
1.0.0
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AFL-3.0
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Publish Date
Thursday, November 01, 2012
Last Updated
Sunday, February 18, 2018
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Version Submitter First published Last modified Status
1.0.0 Claudine Gravel-Miguel Thu Nov 1 16:42:06 2012 Sun Feb 18 05:12:57 2018 Published

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