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RECENT ADVANCES IN PALAEODEMOGRAPHY Recent Advances in Palaeodemography Data, Techniques, Patterns edited by Jean-Pierre Bocquet-Appel CNRS, Paris, France ALibraryofCongressControlNumber:2008920297 ISBN978-1-4020-6423-4(HB) ISBN978-1-4020-6424-1(e-book) PublishedbySpringer, P.O.Box17,3300AADordrecht,TheNetherlands. www.springer.com Printedonacid-freepaper AllRightsReserved ©2008SpringerScience+BusinessMediaB.V. Nopartofthisworkmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmittedin anyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,microfilming,recording orotherwise,withoutwrittenpermissionfromthePublisher,withtheexception ofanymaterialsuppliedspecificallyforthepurposeofbeingentered andexecutedonacomputersystem,forexclusiveusebythepurchaserofthework. Table of contents Contributing Authors vii Introduction 1 Jean-Pierre BOCQUET-APPEL DATA Chapter 1 From Genes to Numbers: Effective Population Sizes in Human Evolution 9 John HAWKS Chapter 2 Assessment of Land Surveys in Greece: Contributions and Limitations 31 Jean-Nicolas CORVISIER TECHNIQUES Chapter 3 Estimation of an Age Distribution with its Confidence Intervals Using an Iterative Bayesian Procedure and a Bootstrap Sampling Approach 63 Jean-Pierre BOCQUET-APPEL, Jean-Noël BACRO v vi Table of contents Chapter 4 Model Life Tables for Pre-Industrial Populations: First Application in Palaeodemography 83 Isabelle SÉGUY, Luc BUCHET, Arnaud BRINGÉ, Magali BELAIGUES-ROSSARD, Paul BEURNIER, Nadège COUVERT, Carole PERRAUT Chapter 5 The Halley Band for Paleodemographic Mortality Analysis 119 Marc A. LUY, Ursula WITTWER-BACKOFEN PATTERNS Chapter 6 Modeling Paleolithic Predator-prey Dynamics and the Effects of Hunting Pressure on Prey ‘Choice’ 143 Mary C. STINER, Joseph E. BEAVER, Natalie D. MUNRO, Todd A. SUROVELL Chapter 7 The Demography of Prehistoric Fishing/Hunting People: A Case Study of the Upper Columbia Area 179 Nathan B. GOODALE, Ian KUIJT, Anna M. PRENTISS Chapter 8 The Paleodemography of Central Portugal and the Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition 209 Mary JACKES, Christopher MEIKLEJOHN Chapter 9 The Libben Site: A Hunting, Fishing, and Gathering Village from the Eastern Late Woodlands of North America. Analysis and Implications for Palaeodemography and Human Origins 259 Richard S. MEINDL, Robert P. MENSFORTH, C. Owen LOVEJOY Chapter 10 Demographic and Health Changes during the Transition to Agriculture in North America 277 Jean-Pierre BOCQUET-APPEL, Stephan NAJI, Matthew BANDY Index 293 Contributing Authors Jean-Noël BACRO UniversitédeMontpellier,France I3M,UMRCNRS5149 UniversitéMontpellierII CC514placeE.Bataillon 34095Montpelliercedex5 France [email protected] Matthew BANDY CNRS,UPR2147 Paris,France UPR2147 CNRS,44ruedel’AmiralMouchez 75014Paris France [email protected] Jean-Pierre BOCQUET-APPEL CNRS,UPR2147 44,ruedel’AmiralMouchez 75014Paris France [email protected] Joseph E. BEAVER UniversityofArizona,USA DepartmentofAnthropology UniversityofArizona Tucson,AZ85721 U.S.A. vii viii Contributing authors Magali BELAIGUES-ROSSARD INED,Paris,France INED(InstitutNationald’ÉtudesDémographiques) 133BdDavout 75980ParisCedex20 France Paul BEURNIER INED,Paris,France INED(InstitutNationald’ÉtudesDémographiques) 133BdDavout 75980ParisCedex20 France Arnaud BRINGE INED,Paris,France INED(InstitutNationald’ÉtudesDémographiques) 133BdDavout 75980ParisCedex20 France [email protected] Luc BUCHET CNRS,Nice,France CEPAM(UMR6130,CNRS-UniversitédeNice-Sophia-Antipolis) 250AvenueAlbertEinstein Sophia-Antipolis 06560Valbonne France INED(InstitutNationald’ÉtudesDémographiques) 133BdDavout 75980ParisCedex20 France [email protected] Jean-Nicolas CORVISIER UniversityofArtois,France Universitéd’Artois 9rueduTemple 62030Arrascedex France [email protected] Contributing authors ix Nadège COUVERT INED,Paris,France INED(InstitutNationald’ÉtudesDémographiques) 133BdDavout 75980ParisCedex20 France Nathan B. GOODALE HamiltonCollege,USA DepartmentofAnthropology WashingtonStateUniversity Pullman,WA 99163 USA [email protected] John HAWKS UniversityofWisconsin,USA DepartmentofAnthropology–UniversityofWisconsin–Madison MadisonWI53706 USA [email protected] Mary JACKES UniversityofWaterloo,Canada DepartmentofAnthropology UniversityofWaterloo Waterloo,ONN2L3G1 Canada [email protected] Ian KUIJT NotreDameUniversity,USA DepartmentofAnthropology NotreDameUniversity [email protected] C. Owen LOVEJOY KentStateUniversity,Ohio,USA KentStateUniversity DepartmentofAnthropology P.O.Box5190-KentOH44242-0001 USA [email protected] x Contributing authors Marc A. LUY UniversityofRostock,Germany UniversityofRostock InstituteforSociologyandDemography Ulmenstrasse69 18055Rostock Germany [email protected] Christopher MEIKLEJOHN UniversityofWinnipeg,Canada DepartmentofAnthropology UniversityofWinnipeg Winnipeg,MBR3B2E9 Canada [email protected] Richard S. MEINDL KentStateUniversity,Ohio,USA KentStateUniversity-DepartmentofAnthropology LowryHall-P.O.Box5190 KentOH44242-0001 USA [email protected] Robert P. MENSFORTH ClevelandStateUniversity,Ohio,USA ClevelandStateUniversity DepartmentofAnthropology 2121EuclidAve ClevelandOH44115 USA [email protected] Natalie D. MUNRO UniversityofConnecticut,USA DepartmentofAnthropology UniversityofConnecticut 354MansfieldRoad StorrsCT06269 U.S.A. Contributing authors xi Stephan NAJI CNRS,UPR2147 Paris,France CNRSACI"Détectiondelatransitiondémographique néolithiqueàl’échellemondiale" 44ruedel’AmiralMouchez Paris75014 France [email protected] Carole PERRAUT INED,Paris,France INED(InstitutNationald’ÉtudesDémographiques) 133BdDavout 75980ParisCedex20 France Anna M. PRENTISS UniversityofMontana,USA DepartmentofAnthropology UniversityofMontana Missoula Isabelle SÉGUY INED/CEPAM,Nice,France INED/CEPAM 133BoulevardDavout 75020Paris France [email protected] MARY C. STINER UniversityofArizona,USA DepartmentofAnthropology UniversityofArizona Tucsons,AZ85721 U.S.A. [email protected] Todd A. SUROVELL UniversityofWyoming,USA DepartmentofAnthropology 1000E.UniversityAvenue UniversityofWyoming Laramie,WY82071 U.S.A.
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