ABSTRACT
This chapter shows how the use of digital information can extend our understanding of the archaeological record. This may be accomplished in part through the creation of tools that derive new information from the existing record, and the use of simulations aimed at further clarifying and contextualizing archaeological patterns. The advent of digital information paired with the capabilities of computing can, at the very least, extend our analytical capabilities and provide new evidence, regardless of the theoretical framework. Once information is represented in digital form it is potentially subject to different transformations and manipulations. Simulations are useful when trying to understand certain phenomena and processes, particularly in the presence of uncertainty or scarce information. Within landscape archaeology studies, it is common to find references to simulations whenever Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are applied. The first simulation was designed to provide some context to observations made by the authors regarding the connection between the mamoas and movement.
