Facebook, Twitter not a Phenomenon: Thousand artifacts show Ancient Social Networks
Facebook, Twitter not a Phenomenon: Thousand artifacts show Ancient Social Networks
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The advent of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter have made us all more connected, but long-distance social networks existed long before the Internet. Thousands of ceramic and obsidian artifacts from A.D. 1200-1450 show the growth and collapse of long-distance relationships in the US Southwest. The new study shows how social network analysis can be applied to a database of material culture to illustrate changes in network structures over time.
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