Modeling neolithic dispersal in Central Europe: Demographic implications

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 104-115

  Galeta, Patrik ^a,b   Sládek, Vladimír ^b,c   Sosna, Daniel ^a   Bruzek, Jaroslav ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

growth rate; population projections; stochastic modeling; total fertility rate

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CRANIOMETRY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA DETERMINATION; EUROPE; FERTILITY; FORAGER; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; NEOLITHIC; POPULATION GROWTH; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SURVIVAL;

AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CEPHALOMETRY; DNA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052044576     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21572     Document Type: Article

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