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Anisotropic dispersion, space competition, and the slowdown of the Neolithic transition

The front speed of the Neolithic (farmer) spread in Europe decreased as it reached Northern latitudes, where the Mesolithic (huntergatherer) population density was higher. Here, we describe a reaction diffusion model with (i) an anisotropic dispersion kernel depending on the Mesolithic population density gradient and (ii) a modified population growth equation. Both effects are related to the space available for the Neolithic population. The model is able to explain the slowdown of the Neolithic front as observed from archaeological data

New Journal of Physics, 2010, vol. 12, p.123002

IOP Institute of Physics and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft

Author: Isern Sardó, Neus
Fort, Joaquim
Date: 2010
Abstract: The front speed of the Neolithic (farmer) spread in Europe decreased as it reached Northern latitudes, where the Mesolithic (huntergatherer) population density was higher. Here, we describe a reaction diffusion model with (i) an anisotropic dispersion kernel depending on the Mesolithic population density gradient and (ii) a modified population growth equation. Both effects are related to the space available for the Neolithic population. The model is able to explain the slowdown of the Neolithic front as observed from archaeological data
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Citation: Isern, N., i Fort, J. (2010). Anisotropic dispersion, space competition and the slowdown of the Neolithic transition. New Journal of Physics, 12 (december), 123002. Recuperat 7 juliol de 2011,a http://iopscience.iop.org/1367-2630/12/12
ISSN: 1367-2630
Document access: http://hdl.handle.net/10256/3469
Language: eng
Publisher: IOP Institute of Physics and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
Collection: Reproducció digital del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/12/12/123002
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Subject: Funcions de variables complexes
Kernel, Funcions de
Neolític -- Models matemàtics
Kernel functions
Neolithic period -- Mathematical models
Equacions de reacció-difusió
Reaction-diffusion equations
Title: Anisotropic dispersion, space competition, and the slowdown of the Neolithic transition
Type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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