Population and Demography - 9780415198097

Taylor & Francis

Covers recent work on the cultural aspects of past societies, focusing especially on studies of colonisation and migration, and the impact of population growth. > Covers recent work on the cultural aspects of past societies, focusing especially on studies of colonisation and migration, and the impact of population growth. > \nChapters include:\n 'Terra Deserta': population, politics and the [de]colonization of Dacia; Tiwanaku state colonisation: bioarchaeological evidence of migration in the Moquegua valley, Peru; Colonization and microevolution in Formative Oaxaca, Mexico; Modelling Paleoindian dispersals; The population shuffle in the Central Illinois Valley: a diachronic model of Mississippi biocultural interactions; Demographic growth, environmental change and technical adaptations: responses of an agricultural community from the 32nd to the 30th centuries BC; Using stable nitrogen-isotopes to study weaning behaviour in past populations; Rock art and palaeodemography in nora