1st Edition
Population and Demography World archaeology 30:2
Edited By Stephen Shennan
Copyright 1998
191 Pages
by
Routledge
191 Pages
by
Routledge
Covers recent work on the cultural aspects of past societies, focusing especially on studies of colonisation and migration, and the impact of population growth.
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
'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
Biography
Stephen Shennan
