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RETURNING TO THE RATE OF SPREAD OF EARLY FARMING IN EUROPE: COMMENT ON THE ARTICLE BY MANEN ET AL. (2019) IN RADIOCARBON

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 June 2021

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Albert J Ammerman*
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Colgate University – Classics, 13346 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346-1338, USA
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Abstract

The aim of the comment is to address the misrepresentations of our work on the Neolithic transitions that are found in a recent article by Manen and coauthors in Radiocarbon. There are a fair number of them as indicated in the comment. The purpose of the comment is (1) to set the record straight, (2) to clarify several misconceptions that have persisted in the literature for some time, and (3) to comment briefly on the convergence between our own recent regional modeling of the spread of early farming along the north coast of the West Mediterranean and the position currently held by Manen and coauthors.

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commentEuropefarmingNeolithicradiocarbon dating

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Radiocarbon , Volume 63 , Issue 3 , June 2021 , pp. 741 - 749
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press for the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona

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