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

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Author

Isern Sardó, Neus

Fort, Joaquim

Publication date

2010



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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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Article

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English

Subjects and keywords

Funcions de variables complexes; Kernel, Funcions de; Neolític -- Models matemàtics; Equacions de reacció-difusió; Kernel functions; Neolithic period -- Mathematical models; Reaction-diffusion equations

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IOP Institute of Physics and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft

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