Model life table fitting by maximum likelihood estimation
A procedure to reconstruct paleodemographic characteristics from skeletal age distributions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8315083 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard R Paine (0000-0001-6996-7402, Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 51-61 |
| Publication date | 1989-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.1330790106 |
| PMID | 2750878 |
| OpenAlex | W2003578501 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 40 |
| References cited | 11 |
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 includes estimates of demographic characteristics including gross reproductive rate, crude birth rate and life expectancy. The procedure is applied to three archaeological skeletal samples as test cases: two from eastern North America and one from Mexico. These display a range of correspondence (between the best fitting model and the data) from good to poor. The proposed procedure is a potentially powerful tool for both reconstructing paleodemographic rates and illuminating differences between typical human patterns and those found in archaeological populations
Econometrics · Estimation · Life expectancy · Maximum likelihood · Population · Range (aeronautics) · Regression · Regression analysis · Statistics · Demography · Engineering · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Mathematics · Paleopathology and ancient diseases · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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| Unique citing works | 40 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,08 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 2026 (38) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 39 |