Paleodemography : age distributions from skeletal samples / edited by Robert D. Hoppa, James W. Vaupel.
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TextSeries: Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 31.Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002. Description: xiii, 259 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: 0521800633Subject(s): Human skeleton -- Analysis -- Congresses | Human remains (Archaeology) -- Congresses | Demographic anthropology -- Congresses | Paleoanthropology -- Congresses | Demographic archaeology -- Congresses | Population -- Congresses | Age distribution (Demography) -- Congresses | Age Determination by Skeleton | Age Distribution | Hominidae -- growth & development | Models, Statistical | Paleontology -- methods | Human skeleton -- Analysis | Human remains (Archaeology) | Demographic anthropology | Paleoanthropology | Demographic archaeology | Population | Age distribution (Demography) | PopulationDDC classification: 599.9/47 LOC classification: GN70 | .P37 2002NLM classification: 2002 E-088 | GN 70| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Papers originally presented at workshops hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and held June 1999 and August 2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Rostock manifesto for paleodemography: the way from stage to age / Robert D. Hoppa and James W. Vaupel -- Paleodemography: looking back and thinking ahead / Robert D. Hoppa -- Reference samples: the first step in linking biology and age in the human skeleton / Bethany M. Usher -- Aging through the ages: historical perspectives on age indicator methods / Ariane Kemkes-Grottenthaler -- Transition analysis: a new method for estimating age from skeletons / Jesper L. Boldsen [and others] -- Age estimation by tooth cementum annulation: perspectives of a new validation study / Ursula Wittwer-Backofen and Helene Buba -- Mortality models for paleodemography / James W. Wood [and others] -- Linking age-at-death distributions and ancient population dynamics: a case study / Richard R. Paine and Jesper L. Boldsen.
A solution to the problem of obtaining a mortality schedule for paleodemographic data / Bradley Love and Hans-Georg Müller -- Estimating age-at-death distributions from skeletal samples: a multivariate latent-trait approach / Darryl J. Holman, James W. Wood, and Kathleen A. O'Connor -- Markov chain Monte Carlo estimation of hazard model parameters in paleodemography / Lyle W. Konigsberg and Nicholas P. Herrmann -- A re-examination of the age-at-death distribution of Indian Knoll / Nicholas P. Herrmann and Lyle W. Konigsberg.