Radiocarbon dates as estimates of ancient human population size

Anthropocene

Volumn 15, Issue , 2016, Pages 3-12

  Chaput, Michelle A ^a   Gajewski, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; Frequency distribution; Holocene; HYDE 3.1; Paleodemography; Radiocarbon dates as data

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; DATABASE; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; HOLOCENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOLITHIC; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; PREHISTORIC; RADIOCARBON DATING;

AUSTRALIA; CHINA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84994525485     PISSN: 22133054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ancene.2015.10.002     Document Type: Article

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