The near-eastern roots of the neolithic in South Asia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Gangal, Kavita ^a   Sarson, Graeme R ^a   Shukurov, Anvar ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDIA; IRAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEOLITHIC; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISPERSAL; SOUTH ASIA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ASIA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES;

CARBON;

ARCHAEOLOGY; ASIA; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS;

EID: 84900548358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095714     Document Type: Article

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