Reply to Vermeersch’s comment on Hoebe et al. 2023. Parsing prehistoric patterns

Pir Hoebe; Hans Peeters; Stijn Arnoldussen

doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104229

Reply to Vermeersch’s comment on Hoebe et al. 2023. Parsing prehistoric patterns

Pir Hoebe^*, Hans Peeters, Stijn Arnoldussen

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Archaeology of Northwestern Europe

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Discussion of concerns around data quality/reliability in dates-as-data approaches.
Open radiocarbon datasets often lack contextual data or information on reliability.
Aggregating large amounts of radiocarbon dates will require the acceptance of noise.
Dataset vetting has little impact on the overall pattern and significant deviations from null models.
Exponential and climate modeltests still demonstrate fluctuations in human activity that appear to correlate with climate events.

Original language	English
Article number	104229
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
Volume	52
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104229
Publication status	Published - Dec-2023

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vetting
climate model
Archaeology

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Parsing prehistoric patterns: Prospects and limitations of a big radiocarbon dataset for understanding the impact of climate on Late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic populations in northwest Europe (16-7.5 ka calBP)
Hoebe, P. W., Peeters, J. H. M. & Arnoldussen, S., Jun-2023, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 49, 16 p., 103944.
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Reply to Vermeersch’s comment on Hoebe et al. 2023. Parsing prehistoric patterns

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Parsing prehistoric patterns: Prospects and limitations of a big radiocarbon dataset for understanding the impact of climate on Late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic populations in northwest Europe (16-7.5 ka calBP)

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