Modelling the Neolithic dispersal in northern Eurasia

Modelling the Neolithic dispersal in northern Eurasia

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Comprehensieve lists of radiocarbon dates from key Early Neolithic sites in Central Europe belonging to the Linear pottery Ceramic Culture (LBK) and early pottery-bearing cultures in the East European Plain were analysed with the use of the x2 test.The navy drapery fabric dates from the LBK sites form a statistically homogeneous set, with a probability distribution similar to a single-date Gaussian curve.This implies the rate of expansion of the LBK in Central Europe being in excess of 4 km/yr.Early potter-bearing sites on the East European Plain exhibit a much broader probability distribution luce chandelier of dates, with a spatio-temporal trend directed from the south-east to the north-west.

The rate of spread of pottery-making is in the order of 1 km/yr, i.e., comparable to the average expansion rate of the Neolithic in Western and Central Europe.