Neolithic transition in Europe: the radiocarbon record revisited

• Autores: Marina Gkiasta, Thembi Russell, Stephen J. Shennan, James Steele
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 77, Nº 295, 2003, págs. 45-62
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Understanding the introduction of farming and the adoption of Neolithic culture continues to be a major research objective in Europe. The authors make use of a new database of radiocarbon dates from Mesolithic and Neolithic sites to map the transition. While the overall effect is still a diffusion into Europe from the south-east, detailed spatial analysis reveals fascinating local variations: in some places change was rapid, and one population replaced another, in others it was gradual and owed to incoming ideas rather than people.