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050 00 $aGN33.5$b.S4413 2013
100 1 $aSéguy, Isabelle.
240 10 $aManuel de Paléodémographie.$lEnglish.
245 10 $aHandbook of paleodemography /$cIsabelle Séguy, Lue Buchet ; contributions by Daniel Courgeau and Henri Caussinus; translated by Roger Depledge [and] language editing: Catriona Dutreuilh.
264 1 $aCham ;$aNew York :$bSpringer,$c[2013]
264 4 $c©2013.
300 $axxii, 329 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aINED population studies ;$v2
500 $aOriginal French edition published by the INED, Paris, 2011
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Epistemology of the discipline -- 3. The osteological data -- 4. Establishing a reference population -- 5. Age at death: current approaches and methods -- 6. Current demographic models -- 7. Finding the right models for pre-industrial populations -- 8. Model tables for pre-industrial populations -- 9. Definition and exploration of a pre-industrial standard -- 10. Final overview -- 11. Examples of archaeological applications -- 12. Critique of current models -- 13. A new method for estimating age-at-death structure.
520 3 $aThis 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
650 0 $aDemography$xHistory$yTo 1500$vHandbooks, manuals, etc.
650 0 $aDemographic archaeology$vHandbooks, manuals, etc.
650 0 $aPrehistoric peoples$xPopulation$vHandbooks, manuals, etc.
700 1 $aCourgeau, Daniel.$4con
700 1 $aCaussinus, Henri$4con
700 1 $aDepledge, Roger
700 1 $aDutreuilh, Catriona
830 0 $aINED population studies ;$v2.