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Population growth: anthropological implications Edited by Brian Spooner

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Author:
Spooner, Brian  Search this
Pennsylvania State University Department of Anthropology  Search this
University of Pennsylvania Near East Center  Search this
University of Pennsylvania University Museum  Search this
Physical description:
xxvii, 425 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Congresses
Congrès
Congress
Conference proceedings
Actes de congrès
Conference papers and proceedings
Date:
1972
Notes:
"Proceedings of a colloquium in general anthropology entitled 'Population, resources, and technology,' held at the University of Pennsylvania, March 11-14, 1970, under the combined auspices of the Near East Center, the University Museum, and the Department of Anthropology of the University of Pennsylvania, in association with the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Incorporated"
Copy 1 (STRI) 8413.
Contents:
The evolution of early agriculture and culture in greater Mesopotamia : a trial model -- Demography and the "urban revolution" in lowland Mesopotamia -- From autonomous villages to the state, a numerical estimation -- A regional population in Egypt to circa 600 B.C. -- Population, agricultural history, and societal evolution in Mesoamerica -- Plow and population in temperate Europe -- Some aspects of agriculture in Taita -- Farm labor and the evolution of food production -- Sacred power and centralization : aspects of political adaptation in Africa -- The Iranian deserts -- Demographic aspects of Tibetan nomadic pastoralism -- Population growth and political centralization -- Prehistoric population growth and subsistence change in Eskimo Alaska -- Population growth and the beginnings of sedentary life among the!Kung Bushmen -- The intensification of social life among the!Kung Bushmen -- Biological factors in population control -- The viewpoint of historical demography
Topic:
Population  Search this
Social change  Search this
Technological innovations  Search this
Social Change  Search this
Changement social  Search this
Innovations  Search this
Changement social--Congrès  Search this
Innovations--Congrès  Search this
Population--Congrès  Search this
Call number:
HB849 .P81
HB849 .P67X
HB849.P81
HB849.P67X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_16279