The Neolithic Transition in the Iberian Peninsula: Data Analysis and Modeling

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 447-460

  Isern, Neus ^a   Fort, Joaquim ^b   Carvalho, António Faustino ^c   Gibaja, Juan F ^d   Ibañez, Juan José ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Demic expansion; GIS analysis; Iberian Peninsula; Neolithic transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900852911     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10816-013-9193-4     Document Type: Article

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