The Neolithic transition in Europe: Comparing broad scale genetic and local scale isotopic evidence

Antiquity

Volumn 77, Issue 295, 2003, Pages 63-66

  Bentley, R Alexander ^a   Chikhi, Lounès ^b   Price, T Douglas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; European Neolithic agriculture; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; GENETICS; NEOLITHIC; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0037367518     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00061342     Document Type: Article

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