Population dynamics in Italy in the middle ages: New insights from archaeological findings

Population and Development Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 367-389

  Barbiera, Irene ^a   Dalla Zuanna, Gianpiero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; MIDDLE AGES; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67549098274     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2009.00283.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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