Demography in Archaeology

Demography in Archaeology
Author: Andrew T. Chamberlain
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2006-07-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1139455346

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.

Integrating Archaeological Demography

Integrating Archaeological Demography
Author: Richard R. Paine
Publisher: Center for Archaeological Investigations
Total Pages: 395
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Archaeological demography
ISBN: 9780881040814

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.

Early Native Americans

Early Native Americans
Author: David L. Browman
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2011-06-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 3110824876

Relazioni preparate per il 9. International congress of anthropological and ethnological sciences, tenuto a Chicago, Ill., nel 1973.

Recent Advances in Palaeodemography

Recent Advances in Palaeodemography
Author: Jean-Pierre Bocquet-Appel
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2008-01-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1402064241

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.

The Neolithic Demographic Transition and its Consequences

The Neolithic Demographic Transition and its Consequences
Author: Jean-Pierre Bocquet-Appel
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 540
Release: 2008-09-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1402085397

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?

Population and Demography

Population and Demography
Author: Stephen Shennan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2017-12-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1134641095

Covers recent work on the cultural aspects of past societies, focusing especially on studies of colonisation and migration, and the impact of population growth.

Demographic Archaeology

Demographic Archaeology
Author: Fekri A. Hassan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1981
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

Only scattered references to Australia, mostly derived from Birdsells work.

Caribbean Paleodemography

Caribbean Paleodemography
Author: L. Antonio Curet
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2005-06-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 081735185X

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.