Reconstruction of paleodemographic characteristics from skeletal age at death distributions
Perspectives from Hitotsubashi, Japan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8318017 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tomohito Nagaoka (0000-0001-8802-9593, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, corresponding author), Kazuaki Hirata (St. Marianna University School of Medicine) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 134 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 301-311 |
| Publication date | 2007-11-01 |
| 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.20670 |
| PMID | 17632803 |
| OpenAlex | W2056489464 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 60 |
This is a demographic exploration of the city of Edo, which reveals the changes that accompanied its urbanization and analyzes the skeletal remains of 207 individuals from a specific site in Tokyo (Hitotsubashi), using several paleodemographic approaches. A comparison of the three methods employed herein suggests that the Bayesian and maximum likelihood estimation techniques provide more plausible mortality patterns than the direct method of age estimation because the direct method of age estimation relies on published age intervals for the auricular surface and that would account for the underestimation of old people relative to the other two methods. Analyses using these new approaches indicate a short life span tendency for the people of Hitotsubashi. Although we cannot rule out methodological problems of adult‐age estimation, one plausible interpretation of that life expectancy is an inadequate food supply and a poor public health situation. This study suggests that, in Tokugawa Japan, urbanization might have imposed health risks, increasing the risk of mortality. Analysis of demographic data from Hitotsubashi has refined our understanding on the impact of urbanization on the Edo period, and presents new perspectives on paleodemography in Japan. Am J Phys Anthropol 2007. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc
Bayesian probability · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economics · Estimation · Geography · Interpretation (philosophy) · Life expectancy · Maximum likelihood · Population · Public health · Sociology · Statistics · Urbanization · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Computer Science · Demography · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Mathematics · Medicine · Paleopathology and ancient diseases
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| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |