Paleodemography of the Valdivia III Phase at Real Alto, Ecuador
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2565690 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linda L Klepinger (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 305-309 |
| Publication date | 1979-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/279081 |
| OpenAlex | W2317035539 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 7 |
The Early Formative site of Real Alto on the southern coast of Ecuador yielded a minimum of 72 human burials attributable to the Valdivia III phase. The construction of an abridged life table represents the first demographic analysis of a prehistoric South American population. Expectation of life at birth was 21 years and at age 15 was 18 years. Comparison with model life tables suggests a crude birthrate of 0.048, a generation length of about 26 years, and completed family size of 6.4 children. The fact that the sample represents a natural population argues against the suggestion that the skeletons largely represent victims of ritual sacrifice
Archaeology · Demographic analysis · Ethnology · Geography · Life table · Population · Prehistory · Research methodology · Sociology · Table (database) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Demography · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 1980 - 2024 (45) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |