Expected palaeoanthropological and archaeological signal from a Neolithic demographic transition on a worldwide scale
A s signal of major demographic change was detected from a palaeoanthropologicaldatabase of 68 Meso-Neolithic cemeteries in Europe (reduced to 36 due to a sampling bias). The signal is characteriyed by a relatively abrupt change in the proportion of immature skeletons (aged 5-19 years), relative to...
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| description | A s signal of major demographic change was detected from a palaeoanthropologicaldatabase of 68 Meso-Neolithic cemeteries in Europe (reduced to 36 due to a sampling bias). The signal is characteriyed by a relatively abrupt change in the proportion of immature skeletons (aged 5-19 years), relative to all buried skeletons (5 years +). From the Meso to the Neolithic, the proportion rose from approximately 20% to 30%. This change reflects a noticeable increase in the birth rate over a duration of about 500-700 years, and is referred to as the Neolithic Demographic Transition (NDT). Another category of independent archaeological data, on enclosures (N =694), which are interpreted as a response to population growth within the social area, reveals a similar signal at the same tempo. If this is a true signal, we should expect it to be detected also in all the independent centresof agricultural invention worldwide. The NDT is at the historical root of the pre-industrial populations that would gradually spread across the Earthand which are now rapidly disappearing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-34ad16d97dea41a484d82678a2ea57d72023-01-18T09:21:53ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Documenta Praehistorica1408-967X1854-24922004-12-013110.4312/dp.31.2Expected palaeoanthropological and archaeological signal from a Neolithic demographic transition on a worldwide scaleJean-Pierre Bocquet-Appel0Jérôme Dubouloz1CNRS, EP 2147 44 Paris, FranceCNRS, UMR 7041, “Protohistoire Européenne”, Nanterre, FranceA s signal of major demographic change was detected from a palaeoanthropologicaldatabase of 68 Meso-Neolithic cemeteries in Europe (reduced to 36 due to a sampling bias). The signal is characteriyed by a relatively abrupt change in the proportion of immature skeletons (aged 5-19 years), relative to all buried skeletons (5 years +). From the Meso to the Neolithic, the proportion rose from approximately 20% to 30%. This change reflects a noticeable increase in the birth rate over a duration of about 500-700 years, and is referred to as the Neolithic Demographic Transition (NDT). Another category of independent archaeological data, on enclosures (N =694), which are interpreted as a response to population growth within the social area, reveals a similar signal at the same tempo. If this is a true signal, we should expect it to be detected also in all the independent centresof agricultural invention worldwide. The NDT is at the historical root of the pre-industrial populations that would gradually spread across the Earthand which are now rapidly disappearing.https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/2179Neolithicdemographic transitioncemeteries distributionenclosures distribution |
| spellingShingle | Jean-Pierre Bocquet-Appel Jérôme Dubouloz Expected palaeoanthropological and archaeological signal from a Neolithic demographic transition on a worldwide scale Documenta Praehistorica Neolithic demographic transition cemeteries distribution enclosures distribution |
| title | Expected palaeoanthropological and archaeological signal from a Neolithic demographic transition on a worldwide scale |
| title_full | Expected palaeoanthropological and archaeological signal from a Neolithic demographic transition on a worldwide scale |
| title_fullStr | Expected palaeoanthropological and archaeological signal from a Neolithic demographic transition on a worldwide scale |
| title_full_unstemmed | Expected palaeoanthropological and archaeological signal from a Neolithic demographic transition on a worldwide scale |
| title_short | Expected palaeoanthropological and archaeological signal from a Neolithic demographic transition on a worldwide scale |
| title_sort | expected palaeoanthropological and archaeological signal from a neolithic demographic transition on a worldwide scale |
| topic | Neolithic demographic transition cemeteries distribution enclosures distribution |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/2179 |
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