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Caribbean Paleodemography
L. Antonio Curet
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Description for Caribbean Paleodemography
Paperback. According to the European chronicles, at the time of contact, the Greater Antilles were inhabited by the Tainos or Arawak Indians, who were organized in hierarchical societies. 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. Num Pages: 296 pages, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJP; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
According to the European chronicles, at the time of contact, the Greater Antilles were inhabited by the Tainos or Arawak Indians, who were organized in hierarchical societies. Since its inception Carribean 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 ... Read more
According to the European chronicles, at the time of contact, the Greater Antilles were inhabited by the Tainos or Arawak Indians, who were organized in hierarchical societies. Since its inception Carribean 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817351854
SKU
V9780817351854
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Reviews for Caribbean Paleodemography
A really substantial contribution to Caribbean prehistory.... [Caribbean Paleodemography] combines a highly significant discussion of Caribbean archaeology with a very useful introduction to paleodemography. - Samuel M. Wilson, University of Texas-Austin