Species distribution modelling of ancient cattle from early Neolithic sites in SW Asia and Europe

Holocene

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 997-1010

  Conolly, James ^a   Manning, Katie ^b   Colledge, Sue ^b   Dobney, Keith ^c   Shennan, Stephen ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Institute of Archaeology   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

animal domestication; cattle; maximum entropy analysis; Neolithic; southeast Europe; southwest Asia; species distribution modelling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CATTLE; DOMESTICATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; NEOLITHIC; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REARING; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WILD POPULATION;

ASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 84865184505     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683612437871     Document Type: Article

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