Culture, space, and metapopulation: A simulation-based study for evaluating signals of blending and branching

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 289-298

  Crema, Enrico R ^a   Kerig, Tim ^a,b   Shennan, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation; Branching vs. blending; Cultural interaction; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METAPOPULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYLOGENETICS;

EID: 84893349433     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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