An exercise in archaeological demography: estimating the population size of Late Neolithic settlements in the Central Balkans

Porčić, Marko

doi:10.4312/dp.38.25

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“…Nonetheless, the demographic trends seen in the archaeological record could serve as a starting point for further modelling studies, being used to help select the most likely absolute population estimates, and identify which parameter combinations provide the closest fit with the empirical archaeological data (e.g. Porčič, 2011).…”

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The demography of the Upper Palaeolithic hunter–gatherers of Southwestern France: A multi-proxy approach using archaeological data

French

2015

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

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a b s t r a c tDemographic change is increasingly cited as an explanation for many of the patterns seen in the Palaeolithic archaeological record, following the assumption of a relationship between population size and material culture espoused by dual inheritance theory. However, the empirical testing of this relationship relies on the ability to extract information about past population patterns from the archaeological record. Using the extensive and well-studied record of the Upper Palaeolithic (39,500-11,500 cal BP) hunter-gatherers of Southwestern France as a case-study, this paper compares the evidence for changes in relative population size as seen in three popular archaeological proxies for demographic change (site counts, site sizes, and occupation intensity estimates). These proxies present conflicting results across the sequence; a finding which is explored through the impact of taphonomic biases and past research agendas. Numbers of sheltered sites and quantities of retouched stone tools are suggested to be the most reliable demographic proxies. The problem of equifinality of interpretation in archaeological proxies for demography is examined for the Aurignacian and Gravettian periods in the region, with changes in lithic raw material, faunal acquisition strategies, and hunter-gatherer mobility all potentially contributing to the patterns documented.

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The demography of the Upper Palaeolithic hunter–gatherers of Southwestern France: A multi-proxy approach using archaeological data

French

2015

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

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“…The scale of population at the Maroni LBA settlement is equally difficult to estimate (nor is it known whether all identified settlement space was in contemporary use- Porčić 2011). Overall, it appears to lack dense settlement over more than a few areas, in contrast to dense walled towns (like Iron Age Tell en-Nasbeh with ca.…”

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Becoming Urban

Manning

Andreou

Fisher

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JMA

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The transformations entangled in becoming an urban society are increasingly attracting attention in archaeology, including in the Mediterranean. The place-making entailed in the development of urban settlement represents a fundamental change for a society; it creates over time a new urban mentalité and habitus, such that the urban fabric and place become an active part of social life, and its reproduction. While urbanism does not require the 'state', urban settlements form key venues for social, economic and political change leading to the potential development of sedentary early complex polities. For several areas of the world and in multiple periods, there are increasingly sophisticated studies of urbanisation. To date, Cyprus has received relatively little attention-but, as increasingly recognised, urbanisation was central to the island's rapid change into, and emergence as, a substantial element of the Late Bronze Age eastern Mediterranean world. We consider and critique the case of urbanisation on Late Bronze Age Cyprus and highlight its importance to Cypriot

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“…Gradili su dugotrajna naselja, uglavnom zbijenog tipa, sa kućama od pletera i naboja, koja su često štitili rovom. U najvećim je, prema komparativnim statističkim procenama, živelo nekoliko hiljada stanovnika, a patrilinearanost je bila njihova opšta odlika (Порчић 2011;Porčić 2011). Unutar naselja se ponekad zapaža grupisanje kuća u susedstva, što svakako svedoči o prostornim, a moguće i o društvenim podelama (Crnobrnja 2012).…”

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Prehistoric “cooperative families”: Neolithic households between tradition and innovation

Tripković

2015

EAP / IEA

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Apstrakt: Velika zadružna domaćinstva obično se smatraju tradicionalnim oblikom porodičnog organizovanja. Tokom 19. veka, u izrazito evolucionističkom pogledu na razvoj ljudskih društava preovladavala su, kada je reč o korporativnim srodničkim grupama, dva uverenja koja su i danas veoma aktuelna. Prvo uverenje, nastalo kao logičan zamah marksističkog učenja o važnosti proizvodnje, privatne svojine i podele rada, jeste da združene porodice nastaju u kontekstu transformacije od rodovskog do klasnog društva. Drugo uverenje je da porodične zadruge, kao tradicionalan korporativni fenomen, postepeno odumiru sa prodorom robno-novčane privrede i modernizacije i da je to njihova globalna odlika. Budući da početak proizvodnje, privatna svojina i podela rada jesu često istican društveno-ekonomski kontekst za najraniju pojavu porodica zadružnog tipa, u ovom radu je fenomen velikih porodičnih domaćinstava razmatran za neolit, što je upravo početak proizvodnje (domestikacija biljaka i životinja) s implikacijama šireg društvenog značaja. U tekstu je ukazano: a) da su velika neolitska domaćinstva zasnovana i funkcionišu na principima ekonomije i, najverovatnije, srodstva; b) da neolitska kuća jeste ideološki i prostorni okvir za iskazivanje identiteta srodničkih korporativnih grupa; c) da struktura, razvojna dinamika i međuodnosi jesu reflektovani u materijalnoj sferi domaćinstva. Na kraju, isticanje nekoliko reprezentativnih primera neolitskih velikih domaćinstava trebalo bi da pomogne u razumevanju činioca i procesa neophodnih za ispitivanje korporativnih grupa kao globalnog fenomena. Uvod: porodične zadruge i korporativne grupeOd trenutka kada je u Srbskom riječniku iz 1818. Vuk Karadžić ustanovio institut porodične zadruge preduzeta su mnoga ispitivanja tog fenomena. Nakon * Članak je nastao kao rezultat rada na projektu˝Bioarheologija drevne Evrope: ljudi, biljke i životinje u praistoriji Srbije˝ (47001) koji finansira Ministarstvo prosvete, nauke i tehnološkog razvoja Republike Srbije. Zahvaljujem se recenzentima na predlozima i napomenama koji su rad učinili jasnijim, kao i kolegi M. Porčiću sa kojim sam diskutovao veoma ranu verziju rada.

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An exercise in archaeological demography: estimating the population size of Late Neolithic settlements in the Central Balkans

Cited by 42 publications

References 36 publications

The demography of the Upper Palaeolithic hunter–gatherers of Southwestern France: A multi-proxy approach using archaeological data

The demography of the Upper Palaeolithic hunter–gatherers of Southwestern France: A multi-proxy approach using archaeological data

Becoming Urban

Prehistoric “cooperative families”: Neolithic households between tradition and innovation

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