Increasing the relevance of mathematical approaches to demographic history

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 275-281

  Riede, Felix ^a   Bentley, R Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Cultural evolution; Demography; Interdisciplinarity; Mathematical modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149102056     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-007-9144-9     Document Type: Article

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