Impacts of drift and population bottlenecks on the cultural transmission of a neutral continuous trait: An agent based model

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 255-264

  Rorabaugh, Adam N ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Continuous cultural attributes; Cultural drift; Cultural transmission; Population bottlenecks; Prestige bias

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL RELATIONS; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; GENETIC DRIFT; MODELING; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION GENETICS;

EID: 84902441530     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.05.016     Document Type: Article

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