Demographic model of the Neolithic transition in Central Europe

Documenta Praehistorica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 139-150

  Galeta, Patrik ^a   Bruzek, Jaroslav ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Colonization; Demographic simulations; Fertility; Neolithic transition; Population growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650351814     PISSN: 1408967X     EISSN: 18542492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4312/dp.36.8     Document Type: Article

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