Population Dynamics In Prehistory And Early History

Author : Elke Kaiser
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 311026630X
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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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 : Elke Kaiser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Population Dynamics in Prehistory and Early History written by Elke Kaiser and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joachim Burger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Population Dynamics in Pre- and Early History written by Joachim Burger and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Juan A. Barceló
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319314815
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Simulating Prehistoric and Ancient Worlds written by Juan A. Barceló and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a unique selection of fully reviewed, extended papers originally presented at the Social Simulation Conference 2014 in Barcelona, Spain. Only papers on the simulation of historical processes have been selected, the aim being to present theories and methods of computer simulation that can be relevant to understanding the past. Applications range from the Paleolithic and the origins of social life up to the Roman Empire and Early Modern societies. Case studies from Europe, America, Africa and Asia have been selected for publication. The extensive introduction offers a thorough review of the computer simulation of social dynamics in past societies as a means of understanding human history. This book will be of great interest to researchers in the social sciences, archaeology, evolutionary anthropology, and social history.

Author : Nikki Polson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prehistoric Human Population Dynamics in Owens Valley written by Nikki Polson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sacha C. Jones
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9401775206
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Africa from MIS 6-2 written by Sacha C. Jones and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-03-04 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together archaeological, paleoenvironmental, paleontological and genetic data, this book makes a first attempt to reconstruct African population histories from out species' evolution to the Holocene. Africa during Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 6 to 2 (~190-12,000 years ago) witnessed the biological development and behavioral florescence of our species. Modern human population dynamics, which involved multiple population expansions, dispersals, contractions and extinctions, played a central role in our species’ evolutionary trajectory. So far, the demographic processes – modern human population sizes, distributions and movements – that occurred within Africa during this critical period have been consistently under-addressed. The authors of this volume aim at (1) examining the impact of this glacial-interglacial- glacial cycle on human group sizes, movements and distributions throughout Africa; (2) investigating the macro- and micro-evolutionary processes underpinning our species’ anatomical and behavioral evolution; and (3) setting an agenda whereby Africa can benefit from, and eventually contribute to, the increasingly sophisticated theoretical and methodological palaeodemographic frameworks developed on other continents.

Author : Peter N. Peregrine
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461505232
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Prehistory written by Peter N. Peregrine and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Prehistory represents temporal dimension. Major traditions are an attempt to provide basic information also defined by a somewhat different set of on all archaeologically known cultures, sociocultural characteristics than are eth covering the entire globe and the entire nological cultures. Major traditions are prehistory of humankind. It is designed as defined based on common subsistence a tool to assist in doing comparative practices, sociopolitical organization, and research on the peoples of the past. Most material industries, but language, ideology, of the entries are written by the world's and kinship ties play little or no part in foremost experts on the particular areas their definition because they are virtually and time periods. unrecoverable from archaeological con The Encyclopedia is organized accord texts. In contrast, language, ideology, and ing to major traditions. A major tradition kinship ties are central to defining ethno is defined as a group of populations sharing logical cultures.

Author : Irving Rouse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780300036121
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Migrations in Prehistory written by Irving Rouse and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ron Pinhasi
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119956684
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Bioarchaeology of the Transition to Agriculture written by Ron Pinhasi and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-06-24 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A holistic and comprehensive account of the nature of the transition from hunting to farming in prehistory. It addresses for the first time the main bioarchaeological aspects such as changes in mobility, behaviour, diet and population dynamics. This book is of major interest to the relevant audience since it offers for the first time a global perspective on the bioarchaeology of the transition to agriculture. It includes contributions from world-class researchers, with a particular emphasis on advances in methods (e.g. ancient DNA of pathogens, stable isotope analysis, etc.). The book specifically addresses the following aspects associated with the transition to agriculture in various world regions: Changes in adult and subadult stature and subadult growth profiles Diachronic trends in the analysis of functional morphological structures (craniofacial, vault, lower limbs, etc.) and whether these are associated with change in overall sex-specific morphological variability Changes in mobility Changes in behaviour which can be reconstructed from the study of the skeletal record. These include changes in activity patterns, sexual dimorphism, evidence of inter-personal trauma, and the like. Population dynamics and microevolution by examining intra and inter population variations in dental and cranial metric traits, as well as archaeogenetic studies of ancient DNA (e.g. mtDNA markers).

Author : Stig Welinder
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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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: