The Approximate Bayesian Computation approach to reconstructing population dynamics and size from settlement data: demography of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition at Lepenski Vir

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 169-186

  Porčić, Marko ^a   Nikolić, Mladen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Approximate Bayesian Computation; Archaeological demography; Lepenski Vir; Mesolithic; Neolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961126473     PISSN: 18669557     EISSN: 18669565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-014-0223-2     Document Type: Article

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