Agent-Based Simulation of Holocene Monsoon Precipitation Patterns and Hunter-Gatherer Population Dynamics in Semi-arid Environments

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 426-446

  Balbo, A L ^a   Rubio Campillo, X ^b   Rondelli, B ^a   Ramirez M ^c   Lancelotti, C ^a   Torrano, A ^b   Salpeteur, M ^d   Lipovetzky, N ^c   Reyes Garcia V ^d,e   Montanola C ^b,f   Madella, M ^a,e  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^e INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Gujarat; Holocene; India; Kutch Saurashtra; Monsoon; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900860145     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10816-014-9203-1     Document Type: Article

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