J Archaeol Method Theory DOI 10.1007/s10816-016-9307-x The Cultural Project: Formal Chronological Modelling of the Early and Middle Neolithic Sequence in Lower Alsace Anthony Denaire1 & Philippe Lefranc2 & Joachim Wahl3 & Christopher Bronk Ramsey4 & Elaine Dunbar5 & Tomasz Goslar6 & Alex Bayliss7,8 & Nancy Beavan9 & Penny Bickle10 & Alasdair Whittle9 # The Author(s) 2017. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract Starting from questions about the nature of cultural diversity, this paper examines the pace and tempo of change and the relative importance of continuity Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s10816-016-9307-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. * Penny Bickle
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[email protected] 1 UMR 7044, Université de Strasbourg/ANTEA-Archéologie, 11 rue de Zurich, 68400 Habsheim, France 2 UMR 7044, Université de Strasbourg/INRAP, 10 rue d’Altkirch, 6700 Strasbourg, France 3 State Office for Cultural Heritage Management Baden-Württemberg, Osteology, Stromeyersdorfstraße 3, 78467 Constance, Germany 4 Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Dyson Perrins Building, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK 5 SUERC Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, Scottish Enterprise Technology Park, Rankine Avenue, East Kilbride G75 0QF, UK 6 Poznań Radiocarbon Laboratory, Adam Mickiewicz University, Rubież 46, 61-612 Poznań,Poland 7 Scientific Dating, Historic England, 1 Waterhouse Square, 138-42, Holborn, London EC1N 2ST, UK 8 University of Stirling, FK9 4LA Stirling, UK 9 Department of Archaeology and Conservation, Cardiff University, John Percival Building, Colum Drive, Cardiff CF10 3EU, UK 10 Department of Archaeology, University of York, King’s Manor, York Yo1 7EP, UK Denaire et al.