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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankDEMOGRAPHYINARCHAEOLOGYDemographyinArchaeologyisareviewofcurrenttheoryandmethodinthereconstructionofpopulationsfromarchaeologicaldata.Startingwithasummaryofdemographicconceptsandmethods,thebookexamineshistoricalandethnographicsourcesofdemographicevidenceb
2、eforeaddressingthemethodsbywhichreliabledemographicestimatescanbemadefromskeletalremains,settlementevidenceandmodernandancientbiomolecules.Recentdebatesinpalaeodemographyareevaluated,newstatisticalmethodsforpalaeodemographicrecon-structionareexplained,andthenotionthatpastdemographicst
3、ructuresandprocessesweresubstantiallydifferentfromthosepertainingtodayiscritiqued.Thebookcoversawidespanofevidence,fromtheevolutionarybackgroundofhumandemographytotheinfluenceofnaturalandhuman-inducedcatastrophesonpopulationgrowthandsurvival.Thisisessentialread-ingforanyarchaeologistor
4、anthropologistwithaninterestinrelatingtheresultsoffieldandlaboratorystudiestobroaderquestionsofpopulationstructureanddynamics.andrewt.chamberlainisReaderinBiologicalAnthropologyattheUniversityofSheffield.CAMBRIDGEMANUALSINARCHAEOLOGYGeneralEditorGraemeBarker,UniversityofCambridgeAdvisor
5、yEditorsElizabethSlater,UniversityofLiverpoolPeterBogucki,PrincetonUniversityBooksintheseriesPotteryinArchaeology,CliveOrton,PaulTyersandAlanVinceVertebrateTaphonomy,R.LeeLymanPhotographyinArchaeologyandConservation,2ndedition,PeterG.DorrellAlluvialGeoarchaeology,A.G.BrownShells,Chery
6、lClaasenZooarchaeology,ElizabethJ.ReitzandElizabethS.WingSamplinginArchaeology,CliveOrtonExcavation,SteveRoskamsTeeth,2ndedition,SimonHillsonLithics,2ndedition,WilliamAndrefskyJr.GeographicalInformationSystemsinArchaeology,JamesConollyandMarkLakeDemographyinArchaeology,AndrewT.Chamber
7、lainCambridgeManualsinArchaeologyisaseriesofreferencehandbooksdesignedforaninternationalaudienceofupper-levelundergraduateandgraduatestudents,andprofessionalarchaeologistsandarchaeologicalscientistsinuniversities,museums,researchlaboratoriesandfieldunits.Eachbookincludesasurveyofcurren
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