Modelling the Neolithic dispersal in northern Eurasia

Documenta Praehistorica

Anvar Shrukov¹  Pavel Dolukhanov² 

[1] School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK$$;School of Historical Studies, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK$$

关键词: Neolithic;    LBK;    pottery-making;    expansion rate;    radiocarbon;    statistical analysis;   

DOI  :  10.4312/dp.31.3

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 】

Comprehensieve lists of radiocarbon dates from key Early Neolithic sites in Central Europe belonging to the Linear pottery Ceramic Culture (LBK) and early pottery-bearing cultures in the East European Plain were analysed with the use of the x2 test. The dates from the LBK sites form a statistically homogeneous set, with a probability distribution similar to a single-date Gaussian curve. This implies the rate of expansion of the LBK in Central Europe being in excess of 4 km/yr. Early potter-bearing sites on the East European Plain exhibit a much broader probability distribution of dates, with a spatio-temporal trend directed from the south-east to the north-west. The rate of spread of pottery-making is in the order of 1 km/yr, i.e., comparable to the average expansion rate of the Neolithic in Western and Central Europe.

【 授权许可】

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