Stella Nova Research Center

Material Memory & Latency Modeler

A global modeler for testing how cultural forms, technical processes, material resources, and archaeological visibility may become separated across time after contact, migration, trade, invention, or reacquisition.

Interpretive scope

Outputs are heuristic ranges, confidence bands, and evidence prompts. Reports cite model version 1.1.0 so student and research outputs remain reproducible.

Research question first

Scenario Builder

v1.1.0

Research question

Load preset model

Incoming population Local population

Contact / syncretic date

Visible emergence date

Target technological expression Known resource distance, km

Advanced Model Vectors

Ore / material visibility 3 Pyrotechnology level 3 Mineral-working tradition 3 Specialist survival 2 Craft continuity 2 Elite demand 3 Exchange network strength 3 Generational length 25 Assimilation rate 0.65 Intermarriage rate 0.65 Knowledge-loss rate 0.45

Origin-contact distance: not set Contact-resource distance updates the resource-distance field.

Sample anchors Sample corridors Latency field

Regional and comparative outputs

Model Outputs

Latency gap----

Modeled band--Run the model to compare.

Classification----

Founder signal--Incoming / total population

Origin-contact distance--Functional context marker

Latency Band

Capability Stack

Bottleneck Ranking

Run model to calculate.

Evidence Predictions

Run model to generate evidence prompts.

Sensitivity Analysis

Varies knowledge-loss rate, ore/material visibility, and specialist survival to show bottleneck impact.

Run a model first, then run sensitivity analysis.

Compare Two Runs

Compare the current run with the previous browser run or a run bundled inside an imported scenario JSON.

No comparison loaded.

Grounding note

Methodological Note

The tool-wide methodological note is displayed inline for review, citation checking, teaching, and annotation.

Open PDF in New Window

Global noDB JSON log

Scholarly Questions and Additions

Use this local annotation log for source additions, model criticisms, comparative cases, field observations, and classroom notes.