Thesis
Demography and Dendrochronology: A Critical Examination of a Proposed Population Index
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
1980
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000002561
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/770
Abstract
A proposed index to population growth patterns is examined and found to be an unsatisfactory method for distinguishing between exponential and logistic growth trends thought to describe population growth in the American Southwest. The patterns formed by the beam cutting index at the sites studied by Eighmy are inferred to be a product of post-occupational site disturbance and sampling difficulties. An alternative approach derived from the properties of exponential and logistic population growth is outlined as a direction for further research.
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- Title
- Demography and Dendrochronology: A Critical Examination of a Proposed Population Index
- Creators
- Sarah Helen Schlanger
- Contributors
- William D. Lipe (Chair) - Washington State University, Anthropology, Department ofFekri A. Hassan (Committee Member)Peter J Mehringer (Committee Member) - Washington State University, Anthropology, Department of
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Identifiers
- 99900630333501842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis