The Neolithic Demographic Transition in Europe: Correlation with Juvenility Index Supports Interpretation of the Summed Calibrated Radiocarbon Date Probability Distribution (SCDPD) as a Valid Demographic Proxy

• Sean S. Downey ,

  * E-mail: sdowney2@umd.edu

  Affiliations Department of Anthropology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Emmy Bocaege,

  Affiliation Institute of Archaeology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Tim Kerig,

  Affiliations Institute of Archaeology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Research Training Group 1878 “Archaeology of Pre-Modern Economies”, University of Cologne, Cologne, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany

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• Kevan Edinborough,

  Affiliation Institute of Archaeology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Stephen Shennan

  Affiliation Institute of Archaeology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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