Early Neolithic population dynamics in the Eastern Balkans and the Great Hungarian Plain
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https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.44.2Keywords:
Early Neolithic, Neolithic demographic transition, paleodemography, radiocarbon, Southeast EuropeAbstract
In this study, we reconstruct population dynamics in the Early Neolithic of the Eastern Balkans and the Great Hungarian Plain using frequency of radiocarbon dates as a population proxy. The method of summed calibrated radiocarbon probability distributions is applied to a set of dates recently published in Bulgaria and Hungary. The aim is to test the hypothesis of the Neolithic demographic transition (NDT) in these regions and to compare the patterns between these two and neighbouring regions. The results show that episodes of population growth occurred in both regions, which is in partial agreement with the predictions of the NDT theory. Population growth is detected, but it is followed by a bust, rather than stabilisation as predicted for the second phase of the NDT.Downloads
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- Fig. 1. Early Neolithic sites from Bulgaria (1-15) and Hungary (16-36) with radiocarbon dates included in this study
- Fig. 2. Results of the SCPD analysis based on the Early Neolithic radiocarbon dates from Bulgaria
- Fig. 3. Results of the SCPD analysis based on the Early Neolithic radiocarbon dates from Hungary
- Fig. 4. Climate proxy (raw δO18 curve data from GISP2 core – green solid line) plotted over SCPD curves for Serbia (black dotted line), Bulgaria (blue solid line) and Hungary (red dashed line)
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- Appendix 1
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27. 12. 2017
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Blagojević, T., Porčić, M., Penezić, K., & Stefanović, S. (2017). Early Neolithic population dynamics in the Eastern Balkans and the Great Hungarian Plain. Documenta Praehistorica, 44, 18-33. https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.44.2