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Using the spoon scene from the Warner Brothers 1999 release, The Matrix, written and directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowskis, this tribute to Tim Murray’s career in archaeology investigates alternatives to settlement pattern models derived from ethnographic observations of hunter-gatherers. Like Neo in The Matrix, it is necessary to learn to look beyond the morphology of individual artifacts to interpret archaeological patterns. A solid geometry measure is used to analyze stone artifacts, and the results are compared to those obtained using agent-based simulation. Using a case study from Rutherfords Creek, western New South Wales, Australia, we consider alternatives to current settlement pattern-based interpretations of stone artifacts, focusing on patterns that emerge through time and across space rather than functional explanations based on artifact and site types.

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The Matrix and the Nature of Archaeological Explanation

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    2025年

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  • Simon Holdaway,
  • Matthew Douglass,
  • Benjamin Davies

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Using the spoon scene from the Warner Brothers 1999 release, The Matrix, written and directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowskis, this tribute to Tim Murray’s career in archaeology investigates alternatives to settlement pattern models derived from ethnographic observations of hunter-gatherers. Like Neo in The Matrix, it is necessary to learn to look beyond the morphology of individual artifacts to interpret archaeological patterns. A solid geometry measure is used to analyze stone artifacts, and the results are compared to those obtained using agent-based simulation. Using a case study from Rutherfords Creek, western New South Wales, Australia, we consider alternatives to current settlement pattern-based interpretations of stone artifacts, focusing on patterns that emerge through time and across space rather than functional explanations based on artifact and site types.