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Paleodemography is the field of enquiry that attempts to identify demographic parameters from past populations (usually skeletal samples) derived from archaeological contexts, and then to make interpretations regarding the health and well-being of those populations. However, paleodemographic theory relies on several assumptions that cannot easily be validated by the researcher, and if incorrect, can lead to large errors or biases. In this book, physical anthropologists, mathematical demographers and statisticians tackle these methodological issues for reconstructing demographic structure for skeletal samples. Topics discussed include how skeletal morphology is linked to chronological age, assessment of age from the skeleton, demographic models of mortality and their interpretation, and biostatistical approaches to age structure estimation from archaeological samples. This work will be of immense importance to anyone interested in paleodemography, including biological and physical anthropologists, demographers, geographers, evolutionary biologists and statisticians.

Age distribution (Demography). --- Demographic anthropology. --- Demographic archaeology. --- Human remains (Archaeology). --- Human skeleton --- Paleoanthropology. --- Population. --- Analysis. --- Life Sciences --- General and Others --- Human remains (Archaeology) --- Age distribution (Demography) --- Human population --- Human populations --- Population growth --- Populations, Human --- Economics --- Human ecology --- Sociology --- Demography --- Malthusianism --- Archaeology --- Demographic anthropology --- Human paleontology --- Anthropology, Prehistoric --- Paleontology --- Physical anthropology --- Fossil hominids --- Anthropology --- Bioarchaeology --- Skeletal remains (Archaeology) --- Primate remains (Archaeology) --- Human anatomy --- Skeleton --- Distribution, Age (Demography) --- Age --- Age groups --- Vital statistics --- Population aging --- Methodology --- Prehistoric peoples