Population and Demography: World archaeology 30:2

by Stephen Shennan (Editor)

Overview

Covers recent work on the cultural aspects of past societies, focusing especially on studies of colonisation and migration, and the impact of population growth.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415198097
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/29/1998
Series:	World Archaeology S
Pages:	191
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Stephen Shennan

Table of Contents

Chapters include:
'Terra Deserta': population, politics and the [de]colonization of Dacia; Tiwanaku state colonisation: bioarchaeological evidence of migration in the Moquegua valley, Peru; Colonization and microevolution in Formative Oaxaca, Mexico; Modelling Paleoindian dispersals; The population shuffle in the Central Illinois Valley: a diachronic model of Mississippi biocultural interactions; Demographic growth, environmental change and technical adaptations: responses of an agricultural community from the 32nd to the 30th centuries BC; Using stable nitrogen-isotopes to study weaning behaviour in past populations; Rock art and palaeodemography in northeastern Australia