Understanding the rates of expansion of the farming system in Europe

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 531-546

  Bocquet Appel, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Naji, Stephan ^c   Vander Linden, Marc ^d   Kozlowski, Janusz ^e  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

European; Neolithic demographic transition; Neolithic farming system; Rate of expansion

Indexed keywords

CERAMICS; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; FARMING SYSTEM; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; NEOLITHIC;

EUROPE;

EID: 82155166269     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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