New approaches to the pre‐ and post‐contact history of Arctic peoples
Abstract The last few years have witnessed the addition of new techniques and research strategies to the study of the population history of Arctic peoples. Osteon‐photon analysis of bone cores provides an improved method of assigning age at death to skeletons. Consequently, it is possible to improve...
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crwiley:10.1002/ajpa.1330510410 2024-06-02T08:01:03+00:00 New approaches to the pre‐ and post‐contact history of Arctic peoples Laughlin, W. S. Harper, A. B. Thompson, D. D. 1979 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330510410 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fajpa.1330510410 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ajpa.1330510410 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor American Journal of Physical Anthropology volume 51, issue 4, page 579-587 ISSN 0002-9483 1096-8644 journal-article 1979 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330510410 2024-05-03T11:11:38Z Abstract The last few years have witnessed the addition of new techniques and research strategies to the study of the population history of Arctic peoples. Osteon‐photon analysis of bone cores provides an improved method of assigning age at death to skeletons. Consequently, it is possible to improve calculations of life expectancy and relate them to pathological correlates such as osteoporosis, separate neural arches, spina bifida and arthritis along with regular growth changes. This capability enables much better utilization of pre‐contact skeletons and therefore of the numbers, density and composition of populations before European contact. The general picture emerging from skeletal studies, census records and living populations is, in Arctic Eskimos, one of high fertility, high mortality and short length of life, with a slow population growth rate. Aleuts show lower fertility, lower mortality and longer length of life, also with a low population growth rate. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic eskimo* Wiley Online Library Arctic American Journal of Physical Anthropology 51 4 579 587 |
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Abstract The last few years have witnessed the addition of new techniques and research strategies to the study of the population history of Arctic peoples. Osteon‐photon analysis of bone cores provides an improved method of assigning age at death to skeletons. Consequently, it is possible to improve calculations of life expectancy and relate them to pathological correlates such as osteoporosis, separate neural arches, spina bifida and arthritis along with regular growth changes. This capability enables much better utilization of pre‐contact skeletons and therefore of the numbers, density and composition of populations before European contact. The general picture emerging from skeletal studies, census records and living populations is, in Arctic Eskimos, one of high fertility, high mortality and short length of life, with a slow population growth rate. Aleuts show lower fertility, lower mortality and longer length of life, also with a low population growth rate. |
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Laughlin, W. S. Harper, A. B. Thompson, D. D. New approaches to the pre‐ and post‐contact history of Arctic peoples |
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New approaches to the pre‐ and post‐contact history of Arctic peoples |
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New approaches to the pre‐ and post‐contact history of Arctic peoples |
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New approaches to the pre‐ and post‐contact history of Arctic peoples |
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