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Modeling Neolithic dispersal in Central Europe: demographic implications

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    SYSNO ASEP0364157
    Druh ASEPJ - Článek v odborném periodiku
    Zařazení RIVJ - Článek v odborném periodiku
    Poddruh JČlánek ve WOS
    NázevModeling Neolithic dispersal in Central Europe: demographic implications
    Tvůrce(i) Galeta, P. (CZ)
    Sládek, Vladimír (UBO-W) RID
    Sosna, D. (CZ)
    Brůžek, J. (CZ)
    Celkový počet autorů4
    Zdroj.dok.American Journal of Physical Anthropology. - : Wiley - ISSN 0002-9483
    Roč. 146, č. 1 (2011), s. 104-115
    Poč.str.12 s.
    Jazyk dok.eng - angličtina
    Země vyd.US - Spojené státy americké
    Klíč. slovapopulation projections ; stochastic modeling ; total fertility rate ; growth rate
    Vědní obor RIVAC - Archeologie, antropologie, etnologie
    CEPGA206/09/0589 GA ČR - Grantová agentura ČR
    CEZAV0Z60930519 - UBO-W (2005-2011)
    UT WOS000294229100011
    EID SCOPUS80052044576
    DOI10.1002/ajpa.21572
    AnotaceOn the basis of new examination of ancient DNA and craniometric analyses, Neolithic dispersal in Central Europe has been recently explained as reflecting colonization or at least a major influx of near eastern farmers. Given the fact that Neolithic dispersal in Central Europe was very rapid and extended into a large area, colonization would have to be associated with high population growth and fertility rates of an expanding Neolithic population. We built three demographic models to test whether the growth and fertility rates of Neolithic farmers were high enough to allow them to colonize Central Europe without admixture with foragers. The principle of the models is based on stochastic population projections. Our results demonstrate that colonization is an unlikely explanation for the Neolithic dispersal in Central Europe, as the majority of fertility and growth rate estimates obtained in all three models are higher than levels expected in the early Neolithic population. On the basis of our models, we derived that colonization would be possible only if (1) more than 37% of women survived to mean age at childbearing, (2) Neolithic expansion in Central Europe lasted more than 150 years, and (3) the population of farmers grew in the entire settled area. These settings, however, represent very favorable demographic conditions that seem unlikely given current archaeological and demographic evidence. Therefore, our results support the view that Neolithic dispersal in Central Europe involved admixture of expanding farmers with local foragers. We estimate that the admixture contribution from foragers may have been between 55% and 72%.
    PracovištěÚstav biologie obratlovců
    KontaktHana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524
    Rok sběru2012
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