A multiscalar approach to modeling the end of the neolithic on the great hungarian plain using calibrated radiocarbon dates

Radiocarbon

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1071-1109

  Yerkes, Richard W ^a   Gyucha, Attila ^b   Parkinson, William ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Field Service for Cultural Heritage KÖSZ   (Hungary)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; NEOLITHIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

ALFOLD; HUNGARY;

EID: 77949697431     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200034123     Document Type: Article

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