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The Late Glacial human reoccupation of north-western Europe: new approaches to space-time modelling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Paul G. Blackwell  and
Caitlin E. Buck
Paul G. Blackwell
Affiliation:
Department of Probability and Statistics, University of Sheffield, Hicks Building, Hounsfield Road, Sheffield S3 7RH (1 Email: p.blackwell@sheffield.ac.uk; 2 Email: c.e.buck@sheffield.ac.uk)
Caitlin E. Buck
Affiliation:
Department of Probability and Statistics, University of Sheffield, Hicks Building, Hounsfield Road, Sheffield S3 7RH (1 Email: p.blackwell@sheffield.ac.uk; 2 Email: c.e.buck@sheffield.ac.uk)
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Abstract

How and when was northern Europe reoccupied at the end of the last Ice Age? Radiocarbon dates from the earliest post-glacial contexts provide one answer: they offer a sequence in which the regions of Europe, from the Upper Rhine to Britain, saw the return of humans. The authors use Bayesian methods to model a chronology and thus arrive at a sequence with clear assessments of uncertainty.

Keywords

Northern EuropeUpper PalaeolithicsettlementcolonisationmodellingBayesian inference
Type
Research
Information
Antiquity , Volume 77 , Issue 296 , June 2003 , pp. 232 - 240
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2003

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