This paper presents historical-demographic movement and population development of Bogomolje parish on the island of Hvar, according to the registers of births/christenings and deaths from 1855 to ...1894. Bogomolje, a hill settlement on the eastern side of the island of Hvar, was mentioned as early as in the 15th century, but it was intensively populated during the period of the Ottoman conquests when it was colonised by population who had fled from the mainland of the Adriatic coast, mostly from the coastal area of Makarska. An analysis of natural movement data has served in this paper as an indicator of birth and mortality rates, natural increase and migration balance, based on which the migration wave that had affected Bogomolje parish at the end of the 19th century was presented.
U ovom radu prikazano je povijesno-demografsko kretanje i razvoj stanovništva župe Bogomolje na otoku Hvaru temeljeno na analizi podataka matičnih knjiga rođenih/krštenih i umrlih od 1855.-1894. godine. Bogomolje, brdsko naselje na istočnoj strani otoka Hvara, spominje se već u 15. stoljeću, ali je intenzivno napučivanje doživjelo tijekom razdoblja osmanskih osvajanja kolonizacijom prebjeglog stanovništva s kopnenog dijela jadranske obale, većinom iz makarskog primorja. Analiza podataka o prirodnom kretanju poslužila je u ovom radu kao pokazatelj stopa nataliteta i mortaliteta, prirodnog prirasta te migracijskog salda na temelju kojeg je iznijet prikaz migracijskog vala koji je zahvatio župu Bogomolje krajem 19. stoljeća.
Tibetan Transitions uses the dual lenses of anthropology and demography to analyze population regulating mechanisms in traditional Tibetan societies, and to link recent fertility transitions with ...family systems, economic strategies, gender equity, and family planning ideologies.
Hay una tendencia actual a definir a la antropología demográfica como una propuesta nacida desde la antropología física. No obstante, este enfoque teórico-metodológico se fundamenta, desde sus ...inicios, en la profunda relación histórica entre la demografía y la antropología –esta última concebida desde una perspectiva holística, donde necesariamente convergen los modelos teóricos, métodos y técnicas de todas las ramas antropológicas–. Este artículo muestra el aditamento de elementos al método de la denominada arqueología demográfica, para la obtención y análisis de información con la finalidad de inferir la estructura demográfica de poblaciones extintas a través del cálculo de habitantes por asentamiento y vivienda mediante nuevas tecnologías para el análisis espacial. Recurrimos a un estudio de caso en torno al sitio olmeca de San Lorenzo, con la finalidad de exponer el potencial del enfoque y mostrar que las investigaciones desde este campo, concebido como parte integral de la antropología demográfica, tienen que desarrollarse necesariamente desde la intradisciplina, interdisciplina y transdisciplina, con la finalidad de contribuir a la comprensión de las variadas y complejas estructuras de las poblaciones humanas del pasado.
Nowadays, there is common perception that conceptualizes demographic anthropology as something born from physical anthropology. Nonetheless, this theoretical and methodological approach is based, since its inception, in the deeply rooted historical relation between demographics and anthropology — the latter understood in a holistic perspective, in which theories, methods and techniques from every anthropological discipline converge. The purpose of this paper is to advance a methodological reformulation of the so-called demographic archaeology, in order to be able to infer demographic structures from extinct populations through calculations of the number of inhabitants per household. We will turn to a case study of the Olmec site of San Lorenzo in order to expose the potential of the approach and show that research in this field, conceived as an integral part of a broader demographic anthropology, is necessarily developed through interdisciplinary, intradisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches, applying new technologies with the ultimate goal of contributing to the comprehension of the varied and complex dynamics of human populations.
In the last forty years anthropologists have made major contributions to understanding the heterogeneity of reproductive trends and processes underlying them.
Indigenous peoples in the Arctic have historically experienced a broad range of demographic and ecological adversities, the impacts of which sometimes included high mortalities and population ...dislocations. The anthropological literature has tended to emphasise the dramatic, negative impacts of such events on human groups - to an extent that implies the fabric of social life was typically devastated. This study takes a markedly different perspective by instead describing the resilience of Indigenous populations in the face of culturally traumatic events; in this case, a series of epidemic diseases and major declines in a very critical subsistence resource. Drawing on a rich collection of data documenting Indigenous land use and settlement patterns, the authors explore local responses to significant demographic adversities that befell the people of western Alaska in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Important information on prehistoric island populations and migrations. According to the European chronicles, at the time of contact, the Greater Antilles were inhabited by the Ta&iactue;nos or ...Arawak Indians, who were organized in hierarchical societies. Since its inception Caribbean archaeology has used population as an important variable in explaining many social, political, and economic processes such as migration, changes in subsistence systems, and the development of institutionalized social stratification. In Caribbean Paleodemography, L. Antonio Curet argues that population has been used casually by Caribbean archaeologists and proposes more rigorous and promising ways in which demographic factors can be incorporated in our modeling of past human behavior. He analyzes a number of demographic issues in island archaeology at various levels of analysis, including inter- and intra-island migration, carrying capacity, population structures, variables in prehistory, cultural changes, and the relationship with material culture and social development. With this work, Curet brings together the diverse theories on Greater Antilles island populations and the social and political forces governing their growth and migration.
Explore the latest research in anthropological genetics and understand the genome's role in cultural and social development A Companion to Anthropological Genetics illustrates the role of genetic ...analysis in advancing the modern study of human origins, populations, evolution, and diversity. Broad in scope, this essential reference work establishes and explores the relationship between genetic research and the major questions of anthropological study. Through contributions by leading researchers, this collection explores molecular genetics and evolutionary mechanisms in the context of macro- and microevolution, paleontology, phylogeny, diet, and disease, with detailed explanations of quantitative methods, including coalescent and approximate Bayesian computation. With an emphasis on contextualizing new and developing genetic research within anthropological frameworks, this text offers critical perspective on the conditions of molecular evolution that accompany cultural and social transformation, while also addressing critical disciplinary questions, such as the ethical issues surrounding ancestry testing and community-based genetic research. * Acts as an essential reference on the contributions of genetic science to the field of anthropology * Features new work by leading researchers of the field * Explores the evolution of immunity, including the genetics and epigenetics of pathogens, chronic illness, and disease resistance * Provides in-depth examination of mutation and dietary adaptation, including AMY1, lactase persistence, and sensory polymorphisms * Explains essential quantitative and phylogenetic methods for aligning genomic analysis with evolution and migration time scales Offering thorough coverage on leading questions and developing research, A Companion to Anthropological Genetics is a comprehensive resource for students and scholars.
In this article, the author explains the theoretical foundations of fertility from the perspective of evolutionary demography and evolutionary anthropology. Her goal in this article is to provide ...examples of how evolutionary demography is generating and testing new hypotheses about human fertility and parental behaviour. To illustrate the paradigm of low fertility, she presents several evolutionary explanations for reduced fertility, or no fertility at all. The explanations she cite are drawn from studies on child maltreatment, homosexual preference, post-demographic transition low fertility, and late-life low fertility (menopause), as these are phenomena that appear to challenge evolutionary approaches. She finds that the sophisticated tools of behavioural ecology and evolutionary anthropology and demography can do more than simply explain high fertility, and are currently being used to generate and test new hypotheses about fertility, including hypotheses that address the issue of low fertility.
In the last forty years anthropologists have made major contributions to understanding the heterogeneity of reproductive trends and processes underlying them. Fertility transition, rather than the ...story of the triumphant spread of Western birth control rationality, reveals a diversity of reproductive means and ends continuing before, during, and after transition. This collection brings together anthropological case studies, placing them in a comparative framework of compositional demography and conjunctural action. The volume addresses major issues of inequality and distribution which shape population and social structures, and in which fertility trends and the formation and size of families are not decided solely or primarily by reproduction.
PDF
