Estimating age without measuring it: A new method in paleodemography

Population

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 117-144

  Caussinus, Henri ^a   Courgeau, Daniel ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 77958191399     PISSN: 16342941     EISSN: 19589190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/pope.1001.0117     Document Type: Article

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