A Test of Paleodemographic Models
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2567372 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roberta L Hall (Oregon State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 715-729 |
| Publication date | 1978-10-01 |
| 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 | 10.2307/279503 |
| OpenAlex | W2319384160 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 5 |
Paleodemography is a useful adjunct to archaeological reconstruction, but as a research tool it is relatively new and requires further study. This paper reports on a project in which the life-table method of modeling demographic processes, based on a sexed and aged sample from the community ossuary, was tested against census records of the population structure. Data were taken from cemetery headstones in a township in central Indiana, spanning the period from its first settlement by Euroamerican farmers in 1830 through 1972. Life-expectancy estimates produced from the life tables were essentially identical to those produced from federal census data. Paleodemographic models of population structure were statistically different from census tabulations but were similar in form, representing a 'smoothed' estimate of age structure
American Community Survey · Archaeology · Census · Database · Genealogy · Geography · Life expectancy · Population · Sample (material · Settlement (finance · Sociology · Table (database · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Computer Science · Demography · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2010 (26) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |