Kaiser / Burger / Schier Population Dynamics in Prehistory and Early History

New Approaches Using Stable Isotopes and Genetics
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-11-026630-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 5, 363 Seiten

Reihe: Topoi – Berlin Studies of the Ancient World/Topoi – Berliner Studien der Alten Welt

Migrations and population dynamics are considered very problematic topics in the fields of ancient studies. Recent scholarship in (pre)historical population has generated new impulses by using scientific approaches using radiogenic and stable isotopes, and palaeogenetics, as well as computer simulation. As a result, the state of migration research has undergone rapid change. Several research groups presented papers at a conference held in Berlin in 2010, addressing specific historical aspects of population dynamics and migration, with no chronological or geographical restrictions, in the light of cutting-edge bio-archaeological research. This volume, divided into three larger thematic sections (isotope analysis, population genetics, and modelling and computer simulation), presents experiences and insights about methodological approaches, research results and prospects for future research in this area in a varied collection of papers. Scholars from widely diverse scientific disciplines present their approaches, findings and interpretations to an audience far broader than the circles of the individual disciplines.

Zielgruppe

Academics, Institutes, Libraries

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kaiser, Elke

Burger, Joachim

Schier, Wolfram

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Demographie

Über Autor(innen)

Joachim Burger, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany; Elke Kaiser and Wolfram Schier, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.