A graphical simulation of the 2,000-year lag in Neolithic occupation between Central Anatolia and the Aegean basin

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 319-327

  Brami, Maxime N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatolia; Chronological lag; Frontier zone; Neolithic; Radiocarbon calibration; Southeast Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942307974     PISSN: 18669557     EISSN: 18669565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-014-0193-4     Document Type: Article

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