Modelling paleoindian dispersals

World Archaeology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 286-305

  Steele, James ^a   Adams, Jonathan ^b   Sluckin, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clovis; Demographic modelling; Fisher skellam; Fluted point; Human dispersals; Paleoecology; Paleoindian

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MOBILITY; MODELING; NATIVE AMERICAN; POPULATION GROWTH;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031729246     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.1998.9980411     Document Type: Article

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