A demographic model for Palaeolithic technological evolution: The case of East Asia and the Movius Line

Quaternary International

Volumn 211, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 55-65

  Lycett, Stephen J ^a   Norton, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLITHIC; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; SOCIAL NETWORK; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 71549155354     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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