Recent Advances in Palaeodemography Data, Techniques, Patterns
The written data used by demographers essentially cover the last five centuries. Since Homo Ergaster moved out of Africa around 1.8 million years ago and until the sub-contemporary periods, there is no data allowing us to reconstruct a demographic history
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Recent Advances in Palaeodemography Data, Techniques, Patterns edited by
Jean-Pierre Bocquet-Appel CNRS, Paris, France
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Introduction Jean-Pierre BOCQUET-APPEL
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DATA Chapter 1 From Genes to Numbers: Effective Population Sizes in Human Evolution John HAWKS Chapter 2 Assessment of Land Surveys in Greece: Contributions and Limitations Jean-Nicolas CORVISIER
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TECHNIQUES Chapter 3 Estimation of an Age Distribution with its Confidence Intervals Using an Iterative Bayesian Procedure and a Bootstrap Sampling Approach Jean-Pierre BOCQUET-APPEL, Jean-Noël BACRO v
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Chapter 4 Model Life Tables for Pre-Industrial Populations: First Application in Palaeodemography Isabelle SÉGUY, Luc BUCHET, Arnaud BRINGÉ, Magali BELAIGUES-ROSSARD, Paul BEURNIER, Nadège COUVERT, Carole PERRAUT Chapter 5 The Halley Band for Paleodemographic Mortality Analysis Marc A. LUY, Ursula WITTWER-BACKOFEN
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PATTERNS Chapter 6 Modeling Paleolithic Predator-prey Dynamics and the Effects of Hunting Pressure on Prey ‘Choice’ Mary C. STINER, Joseph E. BEAVER, Natalie D. MUNRO, Todd A. SUROVELL Chapter 7 The Demography of Prehistoric Fishing/Hunting People: A Case Study of the Upper Columbia Area Nathan B. GOODALE, Ian KUIJT, Anna M. PRENTISS Chapter 8 The Paleodemography of Central Portugal and the Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition Mary JACKES, Christopher MEIKLEJOHN Chapter 9 The Libben Site: A Hunting, Fishing, and Gathering Village from the Eastern Late Woodlands of North America. Analysis and Implications for Palaeodemography and Human Origins Richard S. MEINDL, Robert P. MENSFORTH, C. Owen LOVEJOY Chapter 10 Demographic and Health Changes during the Transition to Agriculture in North America Jean-Pierre BOCQUET-APPEL, Stephan NAJI, Matthew BANDY Index
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Contributing Authors
Jean-Noël BACRO Université de Montpellier, France I3M, UMR CNRS 5149 Université Montpellier II CC51 4 place E. Bataillon 34095 Montpellier cedex 5 France [email protected]
Matthew BANDY CNRS, UPR 2147 Paris, France UPR2147 CNRS, 44 rue de l’Amiral Mouchez 75014 Paris France [email protected]
Jean-Pierre BOCQUET-APPEL CNRS, UPR2147 44, rue de l’Amiral Mouchez 75014 Paris France [email protected]
Joseph E. BEAVER University of Arizona, USA Department of Anthro
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