Handbook of Palaeodemography [electronic resource] /by Isabelle Séguy, Luc Buchet.
by Séguy, Isabelle [author.]; Buchet, Luc [author.]; SpringerLink (Online service).
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BookSeries: INED Population Studies: 2Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : 2013.Description: XXII, 329 p. 78 illus. online resource.ISBN: 9783319015538.Subject(s): Social sciences | Anthropology | Archaeology | Demography | Social Sciences | Demography | Anthropology | ArchaeologyDDC classification: 304.6 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Acknowledgements -- Preface: François Héran -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part 1: The Data of Interest: Chapter I: Epistemology of the Discipline -- Chapter II: The Osteological data -- Chapter III: Establishing a Reference Population -- Part 2: Reconstructuring Demographic Parameters: Chapter IV: Age at Death: Current Approaches and Methods -- Chapter V: Current Demographic Models -- Chapter VI: Finding the Right Models for Pre-industrial Populations -- Chapter VII: Model Tables for Pre-industrial Populations -- Chapter VIII: Definition and Explorations of a Pre-industrial Standard -- Chapter IX: Final Overview -- Chapter X: Examples of Archaeological Applications -- Part Four: Further Analysis -- Chapter XI: Critique of Current Methods bu Daniel Courgeau -- Chapter XII: A New Method for Estimating Age-at-Death Structure by Henri Caussinus and Daniel Courgeau.
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.
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