Demographic conditions necessary to colonize new spaces: The case for early human dispersal in the Americas

World Archaeology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 520-537

  Luis Lanata, Jose ^a,d   Martino, Luis ^a,b   Osella, Ana ^a   Garcia Herbst, Arleen ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA NACIONAL   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Demographic modeling; Early Paleoindian; Human dispersal

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCHASTICITY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 55949088249     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240802452890     Document Type: Article

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