Early Neolithic population dynamics in the Eastern Balkans and the Great Hungarian Plain

Documenta Praehistorica

Tamara Blagojević,Marko Porčić,Kristina Penezić,Sofija Stefanović

关键词: s Early Neolithic;    Neolithic demographic transition;    paleodemography;    radiocarbon;    Southeast Europe;   

学科分类：地球科学(综合)

来源: Univerza v Ljubljani * Filozofska Fakulteta / University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Philosophy

【 摘 要 】

In this study, we reconstruct population dynamics in the Early Neolithic of the Eastern Balkans and the Great Hungarian Plain using frequency of radiocarbon dates as a population proxy. The method of summed calibrated radiocarbon probability distributions is applied to a set of dates recently published in Bulgaria and Hungary. The aim is to test the hypothesis of the Neolithic demo­graphic transition (NDT) in these regions and to compare the patterns between these two and neighbouring regions. The results show that episodes of population growth occurred in both regions, which is in partial agreement with the predictions of the NDT theory. Population growth is detected, but it is followed by a bust, rather than stabilisation as predicted for the second phase of the NDT.

【 授权许可】

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