Dispersal distances and cultural effects in the spread of the Neolithic along the northern Mediterranean coast

We estimate a spread rate of 7.5-10.6 km/year for the Neolithic expansion along the northern shore of the western Mediterranean. Comparing to theory and numerical simulations of demic-cultural waves of advance, we find that the length of coastal jumps was 240 ≤ Δ ≤ 427 km. We also derive what we bel...

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Autor: Fort, Joaquim
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palavra-chave:Neolític -- Models matemàtics
Neolithic period -- Mathematical models
Difusió cultural -- Models matemàtics
Culture diffusion -- Mathematical models
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spelling Dispersal distances and cultural effects in the spread of the Neolithic along the northern Mediterranean coastFort, JoaquimNeolític -- Models matemàticsNeolithic period -- Mathematical modelsDifusió cultural -- Models matemàticsCulture diffusion -- Mathematical modelsWe estimate a spread rate of 7.5-10.6 km/year for the Neolithic expansion along the northern shore of the western Mediterranean. Comparing to theory and numerical simulations of demic-cultural waves of advance, we find that the length of coastal jumps was 240 ≤ Δ ≤ 427 km. We also derive what we believe are the first analytical equations for spread rates of waves of advance along a coast, and they agree with the simulation results. We show that the importance of cultural diffusion in this Neolithic spread was less than 21%, so demic diffusion was responsible for at least 79% of the observed spread rate. We argue that these results suggest that the spread took place using boats, and also a limited interaction between the incoming farmers and the autochthonous hunter-gatherersOpen Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature. This work was partially funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 (grant PID2019-104585 GB-I00) and the Institució Catalana d'Estudis Avançats (ICREA Academia Grant 2022–2026)SpringerAgencia Estatal de Investigación2022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpeer-reviewedapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10256/21439Archaeological And Anthropological Sciences, 2022, vol. 14, art.núm. 153Articles publicats (D-F)Fort, Joaquim 2022 Dispersal distances and cultural effects in the spread of the Neolithic along the northern Mediterranean coast Archaeological And Anthropological Sciences 14 art.núm. 153reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s12520-022-01619-xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1866-9557info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/eissn/1866-9565info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PID2019-104585GB-I00Reconeixement 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10256/214392026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Dispersal distances and cultural effects in the spread of the Neolithic along the northern Mediterranean coast
title Dispersal distances and cultural effects in the spread of the Neolithic along the northern Mediterranean coast
spellingShingle Dispersal distances and cultural effects in the spread of the Neolithic along the northern Mediterranean coast
Fort, Joaquim
Neolític -- Models matemàtics
Neolithic period -- Mathematical models
Difusió cultural -- Models matemàtics
Culture diffusion -- Mathematical models
title_short Dispersal distances and cultural effects in the spread of the Neolithic along the northern Mediterranean coast
title_full Dispersal distances and cultural effects in the spread of the Neolithic along the northern Mediterranean coast
title_fullStr Dispersal distances and cultural effects in the spread of the Neolithic along the northern Mediterranean coast
title_full_unstemmed Dispersal distances and cultural effects in the spread of the Neolithic along the northern Mediterranean coast
title_sort Dispersal distances and cultural effects in the spread of the Neolithic along the northern Mediterranean coast
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Fort, Joaquim
author Fort, Joaquim
author_facet Fort, Joaquim
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Agencia Estatal de Investigación
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Neolític -- Models matemàtics
Neolithic period -- Mathematical models
Difusió cultural -- Models matemàtics
Culture diffusion -- Mathematical models
topic Neolític -- Models matemàtics
Neolithic period -- Mathematical models
Difusió cultural -- Models matemàtics
Culture diffusion -- Mathematical models
description We estimate a spread rate of 7.5-10.6 km/year for the Neolithic expansion along the northern shore of the western Mediterranean. Comparing to theory and numerical simulations of demic-cultural waves of advance, we find that the length of coastal jumps was 240 ≤ Δ ≤ 427 km. We also derive what we believe are the first analytical equations for spread rates of waves of advance along a coast, and they agree with the simulation results. We show that the importance of cultural diffusion in this Neolithic spread was less than 21%, so demic diffusion was responsible for at least 79% of the observed spread rate. We argue that these results suggest that the spread took place using boats, and also a limited interaction between the incoming farmers and the autochthonous hunter-gatherers
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dc.source.none.fl_str_mv Archaeological And Anthropological Sciences, 2022, vol. 14, art.núm. 153
Articles publicats (D-F)
Fort, Joaquim 2022 Dispersal distances and cultural effects in the spread of the Neolithic along the northern Mediterranean coast Archaeological And Anthropological Sciences 14 art.núm. 153
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