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Regional population collapse followed initial agriculture booms in mid-Holocene Europe

Shennan, Stephen, Downey, Sean S., Timpson, Adrian, Edinborough, Kevan, Colledge, Sue, Kerig, Tim, Manning, Katie, Thomas, Mark G.·2013·Nature Communications
DOI 10.1038/ncomms3486PMC PMC3806351
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Figure 1 Map of Central and North Western Europe. Points indicate archaeological site locations and colours delineate the sub-regions used to estimate demographic patterns.
Figure 1 Map of Central and North Western Europe. Points indicate archaeological site locations and colours delineate the sub-regions used to estimate demographic patterns.CC BY-NC-SA · PubMed Central
Figure 2 SCDPD-inferred population density change 10,000–4,000 cal. BP using all radiocarbon dates in the western Europe database. The fitted null model of exponential population growth is used to calculate the statistical significance of regional (Fig. 3) and combined regional growth deviations (Fig. 4).
Figure 2 SCDPD-inferred population density change 10,000–4,000 cal. BP using all radiocarbon dates in the western Europe database. The fitted null model of exponential population growth is used to calculate the statistical significance of regional (Fig. 3) and combined regional growth deviations (Fig. 4).CC BY-NC-SA · PubMed Central
Figure 3 SCDPD-inferred population density change 8,000–4,000 cal. BP for each sub-region. Statistically significant deviations from the null model (see Methods) are indicated in red and blue, and blue arrows indicate the first evidence for agriculture in each region. **P-values smaller than P<0.0051, the 95% confidence level calculated using the Šidák correction (see Methods).
Figure 3 SCDPD-inferred population density change 8,000–4,000 cal. BP for each sub-region. Statistically significant deviations from the null model (see Methods) are indicated in red and blue, and blue arrows indicate the first evidence for agriculture in each region. **P-values smaller than P<0.0051, the 95% confidence level calculated using the Šidák correction (see Methods).CC BY-NC-SA · PubMed Central
Figure 4 SCDPD-inferred population density change 8,000–4,000 cal. BP for all regions combined. Statistically significant deviations from the null model of long-term growth (see Methods) are indicated in red and blue.
Figure 4 SCDPD-inferred population density change 8,000–4,000 cal. BP for all regions combined. Statistically significant deviations from the null model of long-term growth (see Methods) are indicated in red and blue.CC BY-NC-SA · PubMed Central

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Authors
Shennan, S., Downey, S. S., Timpson, A., Edinborough, K., Colledge, S., Kerig, T., Manning, K., & Thomas, M. G.
Venue
Nature Communications
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2013-10-01
Volume
4
Issue
1
ISSN
2041-1723
DOI
10.1038/ncomms3486
PMC
PMC3806351
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582
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