Book contents
- Network Science in Archaeology
- Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology
- Network Science in Archaeology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Boxes
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction to the Online Resources Associated with This Book
- 1 Introducing Network Science for Archaeology
- 2 Putting Network Science to Work in Archaeological Research
- 3 Network Data
- 4 Exploratory Network Analysis
- 5 Quantifying Uncertainty in Archaeological Networks
- 6 Network Visualization
- 7 Spatial Networks and Networks in Space
- 8 Uniting Theory and Method for Archaeological Network Research
- Book part
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- References
4 - Exploratory Network Analysis
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 April 2023
Book contents
- Network Science in Archaeology
- Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology
- Network Science in Archaeology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Boxes
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction to the Online Resources Associated with This Book
- 1 Introducing Network Science for Archaeology
- 2 Putting Network Science to Work in Archaeological Research
- 3 Network Data
- 4 Exploratory Network Analysis
- 5 Quantifying Uncertainty in Archaeological Networks
- 6 Network Visualization
- 7 Spatial Networks and Networks in Space
- 8 Uniting Theory and Method for Archaeological Network Research
- Book part
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- References
Summary
How dense is the network? What are the most centrally positioned nodes in the network? How long on average is a path through the network? Are there any cliques or communities in the network and which nodes are included? How does my network compare to other similarly defined networks in terms of local or global properties? These are the kinds of questions exploratory network methods can be used to answer.
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- Network Science in Archaeology , pp. 103 - 148Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
References
Further Reading
The following references have more exploratory network analysis methods than covered here.
The above reference works have extensive sections on all topics covered in this chapter. In addition, the following subject-specific review publications can be consulted for centrality, community detection, small-world, and scale-free network structures.
Brandes, Ulrik, and Erlebach, Thomas 2005 Network Analysis: Methodological Foundations. Springer, Berlin.Google Scholar
Carrington, Peter J., Scott, John, Wasserman, Stanley, and Faust, Katherine 2005. Models and Methods in Social Network Analysis. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
de Nooy, Wouter, Mrvar, Andrej, and Batagelj, Vladimir 2018 Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek: Revised and Expanded Edition for Updated Software. 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press, New York.Google Scholar
Estrada, Ernesto 2012 The Structure of Complex Networks: Theory and Applications. Oxford University Press, Oxford.Google Scholar
Wasserman, Stanley, and Faust, Katherine 1994 Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.Google Scholar
Albert, Réka, and Barabási, Albert-László 2002 Statistical Mechanics of Complex Networks. Reviews of Modern Physics 74:47–97.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Fortunato, Santo 2010 Community Detection in Graphs. Physics Reports 486:75–174.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Freeman, Linton C. 1979 Centrality in Social Networks. I. Conceptual Clarification. Social Networks 1:215–239.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Brandes, Ulrik, and Erlebach, Thomas 2005 Network Analysis: Methodological Foundations. Springer, Berlin.Google Scholar
Carrington, Peter J., Scott, John, Wasserman, Stanley, and Faust, Katherine 2005. Models and Methods in Social Network Analysis. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
de Nooy, Wouter, Mrvar, Andrej, and Batagelj, Vladimir 2018 Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek: Revised and Expanded Edition for Updated Software. 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press, New York.Google Scholar
Estrada, Ernesto 2012 The Structure of Complex Networks: Theory and Applications. Oxford University Press, Oxford.Google Scholar
Wasserman, Stanley, and Faust, Katherine 1994 Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.Google Scholar
Albert, Réka, and Barabási, Albert-László 2002 Statistical Mechanics of Complex Networks. Reviews of Modern Physics 74:47–97.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Fortunato, Santo 2010 Community Detection in Graphs. Physics Reports 486:75–174.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Freeman, Linton C. 1979 Centrality in Social Networks. I. Conceptual Clarification. Social Networks 1:215–239.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Brandes, Ulrik, and Erlebach, Thomas 2005 Network Analysis: Methodological Foundations. Springer, Berlin.Google Scholar
Carrington, Peter J., Scott, John, Wasserman, Stanley, and Faust, Katherine 2005. Models and Methods in Social Network Analysis. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
de Nooy, Wouter, Mrvar, Andrej, and Batagelj, Vladimir 2018 Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek: Revised and Expanded Edition for Updated Software. 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press, New York.Google Scholar
Estrada, Ernesto 2012 The Structure of Complex Networks: Theory and Applications. Oxford University Press, Oxford.Google Scholar
Wasserman, Stanley, and Faust, Katherine 1994 Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.Google Scholar
Albert, Réka, and Barabási, Albert-László 2002 Statistical Mechanics of Complex Networks. Reviews of Modern Physics 74:47–97.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Fortunato, Santo 2010 Community Detection in Graphs. Physics Reports 486:75–174.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Freeman, Linton C. 1979 Centrality in Social Networks. I. Conceptual Clarification. Social Networks 1:215–239.CrossRefGoogle Scholar