THE SPREAD OF FARMING ECONOMY IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN: A SHORT REPLY TO AMMERMAN (2021)

Manen et al. provide here a reply to the critical comment published by A. J. Ammerman regarding their article The Neolithic Transition in the Western Mediterranean: a complex and non-linear diffusion process-the radiocarbon record revisited, published in 2019 in Radiocarbon. They also use this occasion to reaffirm the need to elaborate novel interpretive frameworks that combine both geo-chronological and cultural data.

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Manen et al. respond to a critical comment and emphasize the need for new interpretive frameworks that incorporate both geological and cultural data.