Phylogenetic analysis shows that neolithic slate plaques from the southwestern Iberian Peninsula are not genealogical recording systems

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  García Rivero, Daniel ^a   O'Brien, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVICES; EUROPE; GENEALOGY; NEOLITHIC; PHYLOGENY; PLAQUE; RECORDING; SYMBOLISM; WRITING; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; ARCHAEOLOGY; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; WRITING;

EID: 84895887406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088296     Document Type: Article

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