Abstract
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.