Radiocarbon dates as data: Quantitative strategies for estimating colonization front speeds and event densities

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2017-2030

  Steele, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

14C; Clovis culture; Fisher KPP; OxCal; Radiocarbon; Traveling waves; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; COLONIZATION; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PREHISTORIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; YOUNGER DRYAS;

EID: 77953958453     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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