A new population curve for prehistoric Australia

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1761, 2013, Pages

  Williams, Alan N ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Archaeological and Heritage Management Solutions Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Growth rates; Population; Prehistoric demography; Radiocarbon data; Summed probability plots; Taphonomic bias

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION GROWTH; PREHISTORIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; TAPHONOMY; VIRAL DISEASE;

AUSTRALIA; EUROPE;

VARIOLA VIRUS;

CARBON;

ARCHEOLOGY; AUSTRALIA; HISTORY; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ARCHAEOLOGY; AUSTRALIA; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84892165841     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0486     Document Type: Article

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