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Author : Stig Welinder
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Prehistoric Demography written by Stig Welinder and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew T. Chamberlain
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139455346
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)
Download or read book Demography in Archaeology written by Andrew T. Chamberlain and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-07-06 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demography in Archaeology, first published in 2006, is a review of current theory and method in the reconstruction of populations from archaeological data. Starting with a summary of demographic concepts and methods, the book examines historical and ethnographic sources of demographic evidence before addressing the methods by which reliable demographic estimates can be made from skeletal remains, settlement evidence and modern and ancient biomolecules. Recent debates in palaeodemography are evaluated, new statistical methods for palaeodemographic reconstruction are explained, and the notion that past demographic structures and processes were substantially different from those pertaining today is critiqued. The book covers a wide span of evidence, from the evolutionary background of human demography to the influence of natural and human-induced catastrophes on population growth and survival. This is essential reading for any archaeologist or anthropologist with an interest in relating the results of field and laboratory studies to broader questions of population structure and dynamics.
Author : Sherburne Friend Cook
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Prehistoric Demography written by Sherburne Friend Cook and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard R. Paine
Publisher : Center for Archaeological Investigations
ISBN 13 : 9780881040814
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (48 download)
Download or read book Integrating Archaeological Demography written by Richard R. Paine and published by Center for Archaeological Investigations. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected papers explore the role of population studies in anthropological explanation by examining relationships between population, resources, and culture change and by investigating the data, methods, and theoretical models of prehistoric demography. Settlement archaeologists and biological and demographic anthropologists examine the explanatory potential of integrated approaches to prehistoric demography.
Author : David L. Browman
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110824876
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Early Native Americans written by David L. Browman and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-06-03 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relazioni preparate per il 9. International congress of anthropological and ethnological sciences, tenuto a Chicago, Ill., nel 1973.
Author : Jean-Pierre Bocquet-Appel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402064241
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Recent Advances in Palaeodemography written by Jean-Pierre Bocquet-Appel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-01-22 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been developed from a core of papers selected for the paleodemographic session of the 25th World Population Congress (July 2005, Tours, France). It covers recent paleodemographic innovations, in terms of data, techniques and the detection of patterns making it possible to highlight hitherto unknown prehistoric demographic processes.
Author : Jean-Pierre Bocquet-Appel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402085397
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Neolithic Demographic Transition and its Consequences written by Jean-Pierre Bocquet-Appel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transition from hunting and gathering to farming – the Neolithic Revolution – was one of the most signi cant cultural processes in human history that forever changed the face of humanity. Natu an communities (15,100–12,000Cal BP) (all dates in this chapter are calibrated before present) planted the seeds of change, and the Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) (ca. 12,000–ca. 8,350Cal BP) people, were the rst to establish farming communities. The revolution was not fully realized until quite late in the PPN and later in the Pottery Neolithic (PN) period. We would like to ask some questions and comment on a few aspects emphas- ing the linkage between biological and cultural developments during the Neolithic Revolution. The biological issues addressed in this chapter are as follows: × Is there a demographic change from the Natu an to the Neolithic? × Is there a change in the overall health of the Neolithic populations compared to the Natu an? × Is there a change in the diet and how is it expressed? × Is there a change in the physical burden/stress people had to bear with? × Is there a change in intra- and inter-community rates of violent encounters? From the cultural perspective the leading questions will be: × What was the change in the economy and when was it fully realized? × Is there a change in settlement patterns and site nature and organization from Natu an to Neolithic? × Is there a change in human activities and division of labor?
Author : Stephen Shennan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134641095
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)
Download or read book Population and Demography written by Stephen Shennan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-04 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers recent work on the cultural aspects of past societies, focusing especially on studies of colonisation and migration, and the impact of population growth.
Author : Fekri A. Hassan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Demographic Archaeology written by Fekri A. Hassan and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only scattered references to Australia, mostly derived from Birdsells work.
Author : L. Antonio Curet
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 081735185X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Caribbean Paleodemography written by L. Antonio Curet and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2005-06-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A high significant discussion of Caribbean archaeology and a fascinating introduction to paleodemography According to the European chronicles, at the time of contact, the Greater Antilles were inhabited by the Taino or Arawak Indians, who were organized in hierarchical societies. Since its inception Caribbean archaeology has used population as an important variable in explaining many social, political, and economic processes such as migration, changes in subsistence systems, and the development of institutionalized social stratification. In Caribbean Paleodemography, L. Antonio Curet argues that population has been used casually by Caribbean archaeologists and proposes more rigorous and promising ways in which demographic factors can be incorporated in our modeling of past human behavior. He analyzes a number of demographic issues in island archaeology at various levels of analysis, including inter- and intra-island migration, carrying capacity, population structures, variables in prehistory, cultural changes, and the relationship with material culture and social development. With this work, Curet brings together the diverse theories on Greater Antilles island populations and the social and political forces governing their growth and migration.
Author : Robert D. Hoppa
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139441558
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)
Download or read book Paleodemography written by Robert D. Hoppa and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-30 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paleodemography is the field of enquiry that attempts to identify demographic parameters from past populations (usually skeletal samples) derived from archaeological contexts, and then to make interpretations regarding the health and well-being of those populations. However, paleodemographic theory relies on several assumptions that cannot easily be validated by the researcher, and if incorrect, can lead to large errors or biases. In this book, physical anthropologists, mathematical demographers and statisticians tackle these methodological issues for reconstructing demographic structure for skeletal samples. Topics discussed include how skeletal morphology is linked to chronological age, assessment of age from the skeleton, demographic models of mortality and their interpretation, and biostatistical approaches to age structure estimation from archaeological samples. This work will be of immense importance to anyone interested in paleodemography, including biological and physical anthropologists, demographers, geographers, evolutionary biologists and statisticians.
Author : C. Adam Berrey
Publisher : Eliot Werner Publications
ISBN 13 : 1733376976
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (333 download)
Download or read book Regional Settlement Demography in Archaeology written by C. Adam Berrey and published by Eliot Werner Publications. This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeological analysis at the regional scale investigates the past by studying how people distributed themselves and their activities across a landscape of hundreds or thousands of square kilometers. Archaeological field survey methods developed over half a century combine with powerful new quantitative tools for spatial analysis (including GIS) to unleash new potential for identifying and studying ancient local communities and regional polities. Varied approaches to estimating regional population sizes in both relative and absolute terms are synthesized and their advantages and disadvantages assessed. Tools for quantitative analysis of regional demographic data are presented. Field survey methods developed around the world are compiled from widely scattered sources and best practices for collecting archaeological data to sustain demographic analysis are delineated. Concepts for improved sampling design in regional survey work are derived from fundamental statistical principles. In conclusion, promising directions for future methodological development are identified.
Author : Andrew Chamberlain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780511225352
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (253 download)
Download or read book Demography in Archaeology written by Andrew Chamberlain and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demography in Archaeology is a review of current theory and method in the reconstruction of populations from archaeological data. The book covers a wide span of evidence, from the evolutionary background of human demography to the influence of natural and human-induced catastrophes on population growth and survival.
Author : Isabelle Séguy
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3319015532
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Palaeodemography written by Isabelle Séguy and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-01-20 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines methods for linking osteo-archaeological data with historical and environmental sources to shed light on the living conditions of past populations. Covering all time periods from prehistory to the 20th century, it aims to construct models that capture plausible demographic dynamics from highly fragmentary evidence. Starting from the known in order to explore the unknown, this book presents a historical view of methods used in the past and present as well as proposes original ones. The paleodemographic methods presented in this handbook have been tested on anthropological and archaeological data and can easily be applied. This manual represents a fruitful collaboration between historical demographers and anthropological archaeologists who, with the help of mathematicians and statisticians, detail research that opens an important historical dimension to the discipline. Written in a readily understandable manner, it serves as an ideal resource for those wishing to interpret ancient bones in demographic terms.
Author : Elke Kaiser
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 311026630X
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Population Dynamics in Prehistory and Early History written by Elke Kaiser and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-07-04 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Migrations and population dynamics are considered very problematic topics in the fields of ancient studies. Recent scholarship in (pre)historical population has generated new impulses by using scientific approaches using radiogenic and stable isotopes, and palaeogenetics, as well as computer simulation. As a result, the state of migration research has undergone rapid change. Several research groups presented papers at aconference held in Berlin in 2010, addressing specific historical aspects of population dynamics and migration, with no chronological or geographical restrictions, in the light of cutting-edge bio-archaeological research. This volume, divided into three larger thematic sections (isotope analysis, population genetics, and modelling and computer simulation), presents experiences and insights about methodological approaches, research results and prospects for future research in this area in a varied collection of papers. Scholars from widely diverse scientific disciplines present their approaches, findings and interpretations to an audience far broader than the circles of the individual disciplines.
Author : J. Dennis Willigan
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483220656
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)
Download or read book Sources and Methods of Historical Demography written by J. Dennis Willigan and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sources and Methods of Historical Demography covers the fundamental sources, methods, and approaches to explanatory modeling for describing, analyzing, and understanding demographic features of past societies. The book discusses the intellectual ancestry of historical demographic research, beginning in the 17th century; as well as the logic of basic techniques for reconstructing and analyzing information from fundamental source materials. The text also describes the full range of disciplines that have made major contributions to historical demography, and examples of empirical research. The book concludes by arguing the case for conducting historical demographic research with a broad, interdisciplinary ideal in mind. Historians and sociologists will find the book invaluable.
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Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080454852
Total Pages : 2857 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Demography: Analysis and Synthesis, Four Volume Set written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2005-12-20 with total page 2857 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This four-volume collection of over 140 original chapters covers virtually everything of interest to demographers, sociologists, and others. Over 100 authors present population subjects in ways that provoke thinking and lead to the creation of new perspectives, not just facts and equations to be memorized. The articles follow a theory-methods-applications approach and so offer a kind of "one-stop shop" that is well suited for students and professors who need non-technical summaries, such as political scientists, public affairs specialists, and others. Unlike shorter handbooks, Demography: Analysis and Synthesis offers a long overdue, thorough treatment of the field. Choosing the analytical method that fits the data and the situation requires insights that the authors and editors of Demography: Analysis and Synthesis have explored and developed. This extended examination of demographic tools not only seeks to explain the analytical tools themselves, but also the relationships between general population dynamics and their natural, economic, social, political, and cultural environments. Limiting themselves to human populations only, the authors and editors cover subjects that range from the core building blocks of population change--fertility, mortality, and migration--to the consequences of demographic changes in the biological and health fields, population theories and doctrines, observation systems, and the teaching of demography. The international perspectives brought to these subjects is vital for those who want an unbiased, rounded overview of these complex, multifaceted subjects. Topics to be covered: * Population Dynamics and the Relationship Between Population Growth and Structure * The Determinants of Fertility * The Determinants of Mortality * The Determinants of Migration * Historical and Geographical Determinants of Population * The Effects of Population on Health, Economics, Culture, and the Environment * Population Policies * Data Collection Methods and Teaching about Population Studies * All chapters share a common format * Each chapter features several cross-references to other chapters * Tables, charts, and other non-text features are widespread * Each chapter contains at least 30 bibliographic citations
