PaleoCOOP is an evolutionary theoretical Agent-Based Model to explore the effect of cooperation on dispersal under different climate constraints in two study sub-regions, the Altai and Tian Shan Mountains.

This repository contains data and scripts used in the following article:

• Coto-Sarmiento, M., Namen, A., Varis, A. et al. The Impact of Cooperation Under Climate Constraints: An Agent-Based Model for Exploring Paleolithic Behavioral Adaptations in the Inner Asian Mountain Corridor. J Archaeol Method Theory 33, 8 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-025-09739-z

The agent-based model and the ODD protocol are available on OSF: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/JM3ZY

The repository is organized into 3 folders: PaleoCOOP_model, data_csv, protocol, scripts

• NetLogo 6.2.2
• R version 3.2.4, using the packages dplyr, ggplot2, and reshape2 (data visualization)

• /PaleoCOOP_model -> this folder includes:
  • The NetLogo model
  • /data/maps -> DEM and shapefiles for the model
• /data_csv -> .csv file of the archaeological places used in the model
• /protocol -> ODD protocol
• /scripts -> scripts for the graphics (R program). /simulations includes the script used for the model and the files for the simulation as well as the old scripts.

The PALEOSILKROAD project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement n° 714842; PALAEOSILKROAD project)

Please, contact me if you have any questions, comments, or feedback --> mcotsar [at] gmail.com

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