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The Spatial Analysis of Radiocarbon Databases: The spread of the first farmers in Europe and of the fat-tailed sheep in Southern Africa
Thembi M. Russell
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This work analyses two spatially referenced radiocarbon databases for the spread of Europe's first farmers and for the spread of the first sheep in southern Africa respectively. The methods for visualising large-scale diffusion processes are compared using the European database; these include chronology maps, isochron maps, and a new simulation using the probability distribution of calibrated dates. The patterns in the radiocarbon data are then quantified by using linear regression of both calibrated anduncalibrated dates to calculate rates of spread and possible departure points for the European data at two scales of analysis, continent-wide and by demic and cultural region. The new analytical technique, using the whole of a date's calibrated range, is then applied to the database for the spread of the first sheep in present day South Africa. Two competing hypotheses for the route of the spread, a western coastal route from present day Namibia southwards, and an interior route are tested by analysing the spatial and temporal patterns in the radiocarbon data.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Table of Contents
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List of figures
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List of Tables
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Preface
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Chapter 2: The Databases
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Chapter 3: Radiocarbon dates – the backbone of the research
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Chapter 4: Patterns in the Neolithic of Europe: Part One
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Chapter 5: Patterns in the Neolithic of Europe: Part Two
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Chapter 6: Cultural and demic diffusion mechanisms and regional variations in the rate of spread of farming
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Chapter 7: Analyses using calibrated radiocarbon dates
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Chapter 8: The spread of the first sheep to southern Africa
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Chapter 9: PART ONE - Spatial and statistical analysis of the southern African sheep database
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Chapter 9: PART TWO - Spatial and statistical analysis of the southern African sheep database
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Chapter 10: Conclusions
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References
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Appendices
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Published: 2004
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407327174 (ebook)
- 9781841716442 (paperback)
BAR Number: S1294