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Paleodemography of Highland Beach: Reexamining the Demographic Parameters of a Native American Population from Southeastern Florida
Title
Paleodemography of Highland Beach: Reexamining the Demographic Parameters of a Native American Population from Southeastern Florida.
Creator
Hennessey, Christopher, Graduate College
Abstract/Description
The field of paleodemography has long been debated by those who wish to discredit the field and those who practice it. In 1999 and again in 2000, researchers who performed paleodemographic analysis met in Rostock, Germany to fix the clearly present issues and change the way research is conducted in the future Hoppa and Vaupel 2002. The product of these meetings resulted in what is now known as the Rostock Manifesto. While many scholars accept the change in the suite of methodologies carried...
Show moreThe field of paleodemography has long been debated by those who wish to discredit the field and those who practice it. In 1999 and again in 2000, researchers who performed paleodemographic analysis met in Rostock, Germany to fix the clearly present issues and change the way research is conducted in the future Hoppa and Vaupel 2002. The product of these meetings resulted in what is now known as the Rostock Manifesto. While many scholars accept the change in the suite of methodologies carried out under the new guidance, little has been said on the effectiveness of the manifesto. This research argues the manifesto is not a fool-proof adaptation to paleodemography. This is exemplified through the comparative examination of previous and current paleodemographic research conducted on the same archaeological sample using the new methods that work in conjunction of the Rostock Manifesto. Using the specific age-at-death estimation technique outlined by the Rostock Manifesto, a large number of individuals, in a sample of 128, could not be examined by the strict methodological constraints. This preliminary conclusion argues the need for more useful methods to determine the demographic parameters of pre-historic societies and ultimately the ineffectiveness of the Rostock Manifesto. More research should be performed to test the reliability and accuracy of these findings.
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Date Issued
2015
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005883
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Paleodemography of Highland Beach the demographic parameters of a Native American population from Southeastern Florida
Title
Paleodemography of Highland Beach the demographic parameters of a Native American population from Southeastern Florida.
Creator
Hennessey, Christopher, Broadfield, Douglas C., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description
Those who practice within the field and those who wish to discredit the field have long debated the field of paleodemography. In 1999 and again in 2000, researchers who used paleodemographic analysis assembled in Rostock, Germany to amend the present issues and change the way research is conducted in the future (Hoppa and Vaupel 2002). As a result of these meetings, researchers created the Rostock Manifesto. While many scholars accepted the change in the suite of methodologies carried out...
Show moreThose who practice within the field and those who wish to discredit the field have long debated the field of paleodemography. In 1999 and again in 2000, researchers who used paleodemographic analysis assembled in Rostock, Germany to amend the present issues and change the way research is conducted in the future (Hoppa and Vaupel 2002). As a result of these meetings, researchers created the Rostock Manifesto. While many scholars accepted the change in the suite of methodologies carried out under the new guidance, little has been said on the effectiveness of the manifesto. In this thesis, I argue that the Rostock Manifesto, at the very least, is effective in changing the results of paleodemographic research both qualitatively and quantitatively. Unfortunately, due to the nature of paleodemographic research it cannot be said of how effective the manifesto is.
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Date Issued
2015
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004445, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004445
Subject Headings
Demographic anthropology, Demographic archaeology, Human population genetics, Human remains (Archaeology), Human skeleton -- Analysis, Indians of North America -- Florida, Native Americans -- Florida -- Population -- History -- Methodology, Paleoanthropology
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Document (PDF)