The basis of this research project is the computer simulation of the emergence of ethnicity and cultural differenti ation in Prehistory. We propose a predictive simulation of a historical case where the knowledge about the simu lated social system is available at the necessary level of detail, using data from archaeological, ethnological, and historical research. The aim of this research is to test existing social theories of social evolution through history by creating a computer model of a

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... oretically possible society in which we may identify yet unknown social relation ships and interactions.