Demographic model of the Neolithic transition in Central Europe

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Demographic model of the Neolithic transition in Central Europe

Original language description

Several recent lines of evidence indicate more intensive contact between LBK farmers and indigenous foragers in Central Europe (5600-5400 calBC). Strong continuity has been identified between Mesolithic and Neolithic material cultures; faunal assemblages, and isotopic analyses of diet have revealed a greater role of hunting in LBK communities; genetic analyses have suggested that the modern Central European gene pool is mainly of Palaeolithic origin. Surprisingly little attention has been paid to demographic aspects of the Neolithic transition. In our study, demographic simulations were performed to assess the demographic conditions that would allow LBK farmers to spread across central Europe without any admixture with Mesolithic foragers. We constructed a stochastic demographic model of changes in farming population size. Model parameters were constrained by data from human demography, archaeology, and human ecology. Our results indicate that the establishment of farming communities i

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AC - Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/KJB708060701" target="_blank" >KJB708060701: The Spread of Farming in Central Europe: Demic or Cultural Process? Independent evidence from demographic simulations</a><br>

Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2009

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Documenta Praehistorica

ISSN

1408-967X

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Volume of the periodical

2009

Issue of the periodical within the volume

36

Country of publishing house

SI - SLOVENIA

Number of pages

12

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