Caribbean Paleodemography e-bog
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A high significant discussion of Caribbean archaeology and a fascinating introduction to paleodemographyAccording to the European chronicles, at the time of contact, the Greater Antilles were inhabited by the Taino or Arawak Indians, who were organized in hierarchical societies. Since its inception Caribbean archaeology has used population as an important variable in explaining many social, pol...
E-bog
403,64 DKK
Forlag
University Alabama Press
Udgivet
15 august 2014
Længde
296 sider
Genrer
1KJP
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780817383442
A high significant discussion of Caribbean archaeology and a fascinating introduction to paleodemographyAccording to the European chronicles, at the time of contact, the Greater Antilles were inhabited by the Taino or Arawak Indians, who were organized in hierarchical societies. Since its inception Caribbean archaeology has used population as an important variable in explaining many social, political, and economic processes such as migration, changes in subsistence systems, and the development of institutionalized social stratification.In Caribbean Paleodemography, L. Antonio Curet argues that population has been used casually by Caribbean archaeologists and proposes more rigorous and promising ways in which demographic factors can be incorporated in our modeling of past human behavior. He analyzes a number of demographic issues in island archaeology at various levels of analysis, including inter- and intra-island migration, carrying capacity, population structures, variables in prehistory, cultural changes, and the relationship with material culture and social development. With this work, Curet brings together the diverse theories on Greater Antilles island populations and the social and political forces governing their growth and migration.