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CHAPTER 6
Social Complexity and Complexity
Economics: Studying Socio-economic
Systems at Düzen Tepe and Sagalassos (SW
Turkey)
Dries Daems
1 INTRODUCTION
It is well known that archaeologists are generally not highly trained in
mathematics and are often more inclined to integrate their analyses in nar-
rative frameworks. While there is nothing inherently wrong with narrative-
based research, a different approach is sometimes called for. In recent
years, archaeologists have been increasingly urged to formalise their argu-
ments systematically both to analyse data and test hypotheses.
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Mathematics
can be useful in this respect although it is not always necessary. Even
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Smith, “How Can Archaeologists Make Better Arguments”.
D. Daems (*)
University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
e-mail: dries.daems@kuleuven.be