Demography in archaeology / Andrew Chamberlain.

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TextLanguage: English Series: Cambridge manuals in archaeologyPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.Description: xix, 235 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780521593670 (hbk.)
9780521596510 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

Demographic anthropology

DDC classification:

304.6072 22 CHA

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Contents:

1. Introduction 2. Demographic Concepts, Theory and methods 3. Historical and ethnographic demography 4. Archaeological demography 5. Evolutionary and genetic palaeodemography 6. Demography and disease 7. Concluding Remarks

Summary: 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.

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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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-224) and index.

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