The post-glacial fate of central European grasslands has stimulated palaeoecological
debates for a century. Some argued for the continuous survival of open land, while others …

Estimating past population dynamics has become a major research topic for archaeology,
which uses several proxies for studying past demography. The Czech Republic represents a …

Knowledge of the origin and spread of farming has been revolutionised in recent years by
the application of new scientific techniques, especially the analysis of ancient DNA from …

We consider the long-term relationship between human demography, food production, and
Holocene climate via an archaeological radiocarbon date series of unprecedented sampling …

The Neolithic and Bronze Age transitions were profound cultural shifts catalyzed in parts of
Europe by migrations, first of early farmers from the Near East and then Bronze Age herders …

In a previous study we presented a new method that used summed probability distributions
(SPD) of radiocarbon dates as a proxy for population levels, and Monte-Carlo simulation to …

Change and Archaeology explores how archaeologists have historically described,
interpreted, and explained change, and argues that change has been under-theorised. The …

The logic of using summed radiocarbon (14 C) calibrations (cumulative probability density
functions for large numbers of calibrated 14 C dates) as proxies for past populations rests on …

Maps of continental‐scale land cover are utilized by a range of diverse users but whilst a
range of products exist that describe present and recent land cover in Europe, there are …

An important advance in the radiocarbon dating of archaeological material occurred in the
late 1990s, with direct dating of cremated human remains. A crucial part of the argument was …