Richard R Paine
Biographic Data
| ID | 3790997 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard R Paine |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard R |
| FAMILY NAME | Paine |
| SIGNATURE | PAINE R R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Utah |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6996-7402 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Demography, Prehistoric Human
The study of prehistoric human demography expanded in the 1960s and 1970s, a period when evolutionary and ecological approaches to human behavior were at the forefront of anthropological archaeology. Prehistoric demography is usually divided into two subfields—osteological (or paleodemography) and settlement demography—based on their data sources. Paleodemography relies on morphological traits associated with age and sex, and a variety of skeleta…
Population Relationships in and around Medieval Danish Towns
The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project: A final report from the 1999 field season
During the summer of 1999 members of the Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP) conducted archaeological excavations and surveys at two sites in the upper Tigris river region of southeastern Turkey. This article presents the results of that research. At the site of Boztepe excavations yielded four Halaf period burials, all of which contained grave goods, and an Iron Age house dated by C14 to the Assyrian Imperial period. Intensive s…
If a population crashes in prehistory, and there is no paleodemographer there to hear it, does it make a sound
Catastrophic episodes (e.g., epidemics, natural disasters) strike with only limited regard for age. A large percentage of catastrophic mortality in a population can lead to a death distribution that resembles the living distribution, which includes greater numbers of older children, adolescents, and young adults than typical mortality profiles. This paper examines both the population implications of a large catastrophic mortality event, based on …
Effect of sample bias on paleodemographic fertility estimates
Paleodemographers must work to understand how representative any archaeologically recovered skeletal series is and the potential effects of series bias on their demographic reconstructions. We examine two forms of bias: 1) infant underenumeration caused by differential preservation or incomplete archaeological recovery and 2) the underenumeration of individuals over age 45 related to methodological bias. We generated 60 simulated skeletal series …
Effect of sample bias on paleodemographic fertility estimates
Paleodemographers must work to understand how representative any archaeologically recovered skeletal series is and the potential effects of series bias on their demographic reconstructions. We examine two forms of bias: 1) infant underenumeration caused by differential preservation or incomplete archaeological recovery and 2) the underenumeration of individuals over age 45 related to methodological bias. We generated 60 simulated skeletal series …
Integrating archaeological demography: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Prehistoric Population
A Mathematical Projection of Population Growth in the Copan Valley, Honduras, A.D. 400-800
Demographers use mathematical projections to estimate both future and past population in areas where they lack quality data. Such projections may be very useful in archaeological situations. In this analysis, we mathematically project population growth rates from Classic Maya settlement in the Copán Valley, Honduras, from A.D. 650-800 backward to A.D. 450 to estimate valley population levels during the Middle Classic. Projections based on the gro…
Environmental Degradation and the Classic Maya Collapse at Copan, Honduras ( a.d . 600–1250): Evidence From Studies of Household Survival
The Late Classic Maya abandonment of the Copan Valley, Honduras, began in the ninth century a.d . and lasted approximately 250–300 years. The relationship between local ecological setting and residential group abandonment is examined by applying event-history analysis to the known occupation spans of 140 residential mound groups, dated by obsidian hydration. Late Classic households in ecologically vulnerable sections of the Copan Valley—as measur…
Assessing the reliability of paleodemographic fertility estimators using simulated skeletal distributions
The reliability of published paleodemographic fertility reconstruction methods was assessed using simulated age-at-death distributions and a published cemetery series from a population with known birth rates. In the first test, the Brass ([1971] Biological Aspects of Demography, pp. 69-110) LOGIT models were used to generate 180 simulated skeletal samples of various sizes (N = 50, 100, 250) from hypothetical populations with known demographic rat…
Assessing the reliability of paleodemographic fertility estimators using simulated skeletal distributions
The reliability of published paleodemographic fertility reconstruction methods was assessed using simulated age-at-death distributions and a published cemetery series from a population with known birth rates. In the first test, the Brass ([1971] Biological Aspects of Demography, pp. 69–110) LOGIT models were used to generate 180 simulated skeletal samples of various sizes (N = 50, 100, 250) from hypothetical populations with known demographic rat…
Model life table fitting by maximum likelihood estimation: A procedure to reconstruct paleodemographic characteristics from skeletal age distributions
A procedure is presented that uses the regression coefficients for the Coale and Demeny west model life tables to model selected demographic characteristics from skeletal age‐at‐death distributions. Model death distributions were constructed and compared to a given skeletal distribution, using methods of maximum likelihood estimation to determine the best fit. Two chisquare tests are employed to evaluate the degree of fit. The resulting model inc…
Model Life Tables as a Measure of Bias in the Grasshopper Pueblo Skeletal Series
In their article, Cordell et al. (1987:571) assert that the Grasshopper Pueblo skeletal series is an 'obviously biased sample.' This paper criticizes that position as an incorrect interpretation of the Coale and Demeny (1983) model life tables. An alternative interpretation is offered using a modeling procedure based on the Coale and Demeny regressions and pattern-fitting-by-maximum-likelihood techniques. The present author agrees with Cordell et…
Model life table fitting by maximum likelihood estimation: A procedure to reconstruct paleodemographic characteristics from skeletal age distributions
A procedure is presented that uses the regression coefficients for the Coale and Demeny west model life tables to model selected demographic characteristics from skeletal age‐at‐death distributions. Model death distributions were constructed and compared to a given skeletal distribution, using methods of maximum likelihood estimation to determine the best fit. Two chisquare tests are employed to evaluate the degree of fit. The resulting model inc…
Integrating archaeological demography: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Prehistoric Population
Model Life Tables as a Measure of Bias in the Grasshopper Pueblo Skeletal Series
In their article, Cordell et al. (1987:571) assert that the Grasshopper Pueblo skeletal series is an 'obviously biased sample.' This paper criticizes that position as an incorrect interpretation of the Coale and Demeny (1983) model life tables. An alternative interpretation is offered using a modeling procedure based on the Coale and Demeny regressions and pattern-fitting-by-maximum-likelihood techniques. The present author agrees with Cordell et…
The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project: A final report from the 1999 field season
During the summer of 1999 members of the Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP) conducted archaeological excavations and surveys at two sites in the upper Tigris river region of southeastern Turkey. This article presents the results of that research. At the site of Boztepe excavations yielded four Halaf period burials, all of which contained grave goods, and an Iron Age house dated by C14 to the Assyrian Imperial period. Intensive s…
Model life table fitting by maximum likelihood estimation: A procedure to reconstruct paleodemographic characteristics from skeletal age distributions
A procedure is presented that uses the regression coefficients for the Coale and Demeny west model life tables to model selected demographic characteristics from skeletal age‐at‐death distributions. Model death distributions were constructed and compared to a given skeletal distribution, using methods of maximum likelihood estimation to determine the best fit. Two chisquare tests are employed to evaluate the degree of fit. The resulting model inc…
Model Life Tables as a Measure of Bias in the Grasshopper Pueblo Skeletal Series
In their article, Cordell et al. (1987:571) assert that the Grasshopper Pueblo skeletal series is an 'obviously biased sample.' This paper criticizes that position as an incorrect interpretation of the Coale and Demeny (1983) model life tables. An alternative interpretation is offered using a modeling procedure based on the Coale and Demeny regressions and pattern-fitting-by-maximum-likelihood techniques. The present author agrees with Cordell et…
A Mathematical Projection of Population Growth in the Copan Valley, Honduras, A.D. 400-800
Demographers use mathematical projections to estimate both future and past population in areas where they lack quality data. Such projections may be very useful in archaeological situations. In this analysis, we mathematically project population growth rates from Classic Maya settlement in the Copán Valley, Honduras, from A.D. 650-800 backward to A.D. 450 to estimate valley population levels during the Middle Classic. Projections based on the gro…
Environmental Degradation and the Classic Maya Collapse at Copan, Honduras ( a.d . 600–1250): Evidence From Studies of Household Survival
The Late Classic Maya abandonment of the Copan Valley, Honduras, began in the ninth century a.d . and lasted approximately 250–300 years. The relationship between local ecological setting and residential group abandonment is examined by applying event-history analysis to the known occupation spans of 140 residential mound groups, dated by obsidian hydration. Late Classic households in ecologically vulnerable sections of the Copan Valley—as measur…
Assessing the reliability of paleodemographic fertility estimators using simulated skeletal distributions
The reliability of published paleodemographic fertility reconstruction methods was assessed using simulated age-at-death distributions and a published cemetery series from a population with known birth rates. In the first test, the Brass ([1971] Biological Aspects of Demography, pp. 69-110) LOGIT models were used to generate 180 simulated skeletal samples of various sizes (N = 50, 100, 250) from hypothetical populations with known demographic rat…
Assessing the reliability of paleodemographic fertility estimators using simulated skeletal distributions
The reliability of published paleodemographic fertility reconstruction methods was assessed using simulated age-at-death distributions and a published cemetery series from a population with known birth rates. In the first test, the Brass ([1971] Biological Aspects of Demography, pp. 69–110) LOGIT models were used to generate 180 simulated skeletal samples of various sizes (N = 50, 100, 250) from hypothetical populations with known demographic rat…
Integrating archaeological demography: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Prehistoric Population
Effect of sample bias on paleodemographic fertility estimates
Paleodemographers must work to understand how representative any archaeologically recovered skeletal series is and the potential effects of series bias on their demographic reconstructions. We examine two forms of bias: 1) infant underenumeration caused by differential preservation or incomplete archaeological recovery and 2) the underenumeration of individuals over age 45 related to methodological bias. We generated 60 simulated skeletal series …
Effect of sample bias on paleodemographic fertility estimates
Paleodemographers must work to understand how representative any archaeologically recovered skeletal series is and the potential effects of series bias on their demographic reconstructions. We examine two forms of bias: 1) infant underenumeration caused by differential preservation or incomplete archaeological recovery and 2) the underenumeration of individuals over age 45 related to methodological bias. We generated 60 simulated skeletal series …
If a population crashes in prehistory, and there is no paleodemographer there to hear it, does it make a sound
Catastrophic episodes (e.g., epidemics, natural disasters) strike with only limited regard for age. A large percentage of catastrophic mortality in a population can lead to a death distribution that resembles the living distribution, which includes greater numbers of older children, adolescents, and young adults than typical mortality profiles. This paper examines both the population implications of a large catastrophic mortality event, based on …
The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project: A final report from the 1999 field season
During the summer of 1999 members of the Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP) conducted archaeological excavations and surveys at two sites in the upper Tigris river region of southeastern Turkey. This article presents the results of that research. At the site of Boztepe excavations yielded four Halaf period burials, all of which contained grave goods, and an Iron Age house dated by C14 to the Assyrian Imperial period. Intensive s…
Population Relationships in and around Medieval Danish Towns
Demography, Prehistoric Human
The study of prehistoric human demography expanded in the 1960s and 1970s, a period when evolutionary and ecological approaches to human behavior were at the forefront of anthropological archaeology. Prehistoric demography is usually divided into two subfields—osteological (or paleodemography) and settlement demography—based on their data sources. Paleodemography relies on morphological traits associated with age and sex, and a variety of skeleta…
Population (10 works) · Demography (9 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Fertility (6 works) · Mathematics (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Statistics (6 works) · Paleopathology and ancient diseases (5 works)