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Historic and bioarchaeological evidence supports late onset of post-Columbian epidemics in Native California by Jones, Terry L., Schwitalla, Al W., Pilloud, Marin A., Johnson, John R., Paine, Richard R., Codding, Brian F.

“…Catastrophic decline of Indigenous populations in the Americas following European contact is one of the most severe demographic events in the history of…”
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Model life table fitting by maximum likelihood estimation: a procedure to reconstruct paleodemographic characteristics from skeletal age distributions by Paine, R R

“…A procedure is presented that uses the regression coefficients for the Coale and Demeny west model life tables to model selected demographic characteristics…”
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If a population crashes in prehistory, and there is no paleodemographer there to hear it, does it make a sound? by Paine, Richard R.

“…Catastrophic episodes (e.g., epidemics, natural disasters) strike with only limited regard for age. A large percentage of catastrophic mortality in a…”
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Effect of sample bias on paleodemographic fertility estimates by Paine, Richard R., Harpending, Henry C.

“…Paleodemographers must work to understand how representative any archaeologically recovered skeletal series is and the potential effects of series bias on…”
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Drought and Its Demographic Effects in the Maya Lowlands by Hoggarth, Julie A., Restall, Matthew, Wood, James W., Kennett, Douglas J., Bricker, Victoria R., Chuchiak, John F., Lima, Mauricio, Masson, Marilyn A., Paine, Richard R., Patch, Robert W., Yaeger, Jason

“…Increasing evidence supports the role of climate change in the disintegration of regional polities in the Maya lowlands at the end of the Classic Period…”
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Assessing the reliability of paleodemographic fertility estimators using simulated skeletal distributions by Paine, Richard R., Harpending, Henry C.

“…The reliability of published paleodemographic fertility reconstruction methods was assessed using simulated age‐at‐death distributions and a published cemetery…”
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Model Life Tables as a Measure of Bias in the Grasshopper Pueblo Skeletal Series by Paine, Richard R.

“…In their article, Cordell et al. (1987:571) assert that the Grasshopper Pueblo skeletal series is an "obviously biased sample." This paper criticizes that…”
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Fitting to a Distribution of Deaths by Age with Application to Paleodemography: The Route Closest to a Stable Population by Bonneuil, Nol

“…What can we learn from distributions of deaths by age cumulated over time such as those estimated from skeletons? Among the many solutions fitting the data…”
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Fitting to a distribution of deaths by age with application to paleodemography : The route closest to a stable population. Commentaries. Author's reply by BONNEUIL, Noël, BOCQUET-APPEL, Jean-Pierre, KECKLER, Charles N. W, MCCAA, Robert, PAINE, Richard R

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Environmental Degradation and the Classic Maya Collapse at Copan, Honduras (a.d. 600–1250): Evidence From Studies of Household Survival by Paine, Richard R., Freter, AnnCorinne

“…The Late Classic Maya abandonment of the Copan Valley, Honduras, began in the ninth century a.d. and lasted approximately 250–300 years. The relationship…”
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A Mathematical Projection of Population Growth in the Copan Valley, Honduras, A.D. 400-800 by Paine, Richard R., Freter, AnnCorinne, Webster, David L.

“…Demographers use mathematical projections to estimate both future and past population in areas where they lack quality data. Such projections may be very…”
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Regional Settlement Demography in Archaeology by PAINE, RICHARD R.

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Regional Settlement Demography in Archaeology . Robert D. Drennan, C. Adam Berry, and Christian E. Peterson. Clinton Corners, NY: Eliot Werner Publications, 2015, 200 pp. $32.95, paper. ISBN 9780989824941 by Paine, Richard R.

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PALEODEMOGRAPHY OF THE PEARSON COMPLEX (33SA9) EIDEN PHASE CEMETERY by Sciulli, Paul W., Giesen, Myra J., Paine, Richard R.

“…In the present paper we discuss the demographic features of the Sandusky tradition Pearson Complex. The Pearson Complex consists of three habitation areas and…”
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Linking age-at-death distributions and ancient population dynamics: a case study by Paine, Richard R., Boldsen, Jesper L.

“…IntroductionSkeletal series recovered by archaeologists frequently display patterns of death that differ from those of typical living, or historically…”
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The Evolution of Human Life History by Kuzawa, Christopher

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The Evolution of Human Life History by Gurven, Michael

“…Gurven reviews The Evolution of Human Life History edited by Kristen Hawkes and Richard R. Paine…”
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Perception and Interpretation in Contemporary Southwestern Archaeology: Comments on Cordell, Upham, and Brock by Reid, J. Jefferson, Schiffer, Michael B., Whittlesey, Stephanie M., Hinkes, Madeleine J., Sullivan, Alan P., Downum, Christian E., Longacre, William A., Tuggle, H. David

“…A recent effort in archaeological critique by Cordell et al. (1987) is undermined by confusion, misunderstanding, and misrepresentation. This comment on their…”
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The Evolution of Human Life History by Knight, Chris

“…Knight reviews The evolution of human life history edited by Kristen Hawkes and Richard R. Paine…”
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