Detection of diffusion and contact zones of early farming in Europe from the space-time distribution of 14C dates

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 807-820

  Bocquet Appel, Jean Pierre ^a   Naji, Stephan ^a   Linden, Marc Vander ^b   Kozlowski, Janusz K ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

14C dates; Arrhythmic model; Contact zones; Early Neolithic Europe; Expansion of early farming; Renewed expansion; Vector map

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ZONE; DETECTION METHOD; FARMING SYSTEM; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; NEOLITHIC; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 58149464982     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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