Demographic Continuities and Discontinuities in Neolithic Europe: Evidence, Methods and Implications

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 300-311

  Shennan, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; European Neolithic; High resolution chronology; Prehistoric demography; Summed radiocarbon date distributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876932050     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10816-012-9154-3     Document Type: Article

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