The Neolithic transition and European population history – a response

Bibliographic Data

ID7659705
AuthorsJames Steele (0000-0002-8003-0757, University of Southampton), Marina Gkiasta (Leiden University), Shennan (0000-0001-6605-064X, University College London), Stephen Shennan
Year2004
Volume78
Issue301
Pages711-713
Publication date2004-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003598x00113353
OpenAlexW2108255734
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited7

We thank Crombé and Van Strydonck for their comments on our earlier paper (Gkiasta et al . 2003). They kindly draw attention to recent surveys of radiocarbon data from Belgium, most of which were published subsequent to our own work, which was carried out in 1999. Even at the time we were under no illusion that our compilation was complete: “ It became clear in the course of the project that, despite the large sums of money which have been spent over the years on radiocarbon dating in Europe, the state of public availability of the dates, their context and associations and details which enable users to judge the reliability of dates is in general very poor. Thus, no claim is made that the database is in any sense complete ” (Gkiasta et al . 2003: 48). It would probably also be as well to correct the impression that the dates we used were mainly derived from Gob (1990). Over half those finally included were extracted from the University of Lyon Banadora database; the remainder came from a wide range of other sources. The new dates from Belgium may well shed new light on the chronology of the transition in that region. New discoveries frequently do cause old interpretations to be modified or revised; we look forward to their analysis and demonstration of the implications of the new data to which they refer

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Chronology · Context (archaeology) · Genealogy · Period (music) · Population · Prehistory · Radiocarbon dating · Sociology · Transition (genetics) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Classics · Demography · History