Summed Probability Distribution of 14C Dates Suggests Regional Divergences in the Population Dynamics of the Jomon Period in Eastern Japan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Crema, Enrico R ^a,b,c   Habu, Junko ^d,e   Kobayashi, Kenichi ^f   Madella, Marco ^b,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g CSIC   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; JAPAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ARCHEOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; HISTORY; HUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROCEDURES; RADIOMETRIC DATING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CARBON;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; RADIOMETRIC DATING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84966289972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154809     Document Type: Article

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