[HTML][HTML] Human ecodynamics: A perspective for the study of long-term change in socioecological systems

B Fitzhugh, VL Butler, KM Bovy, MA Etnier - Journal of Archaeological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Human ecodynamics (HE) refers to processes of stability, resilience, and change in socio-
ecological relationships or systems. HE research involves interdisciplinary study of the …

The history of climate and society: a review of the influence of climate change on the human past

D Degroot, KJ Anchukaitis, JE Tierney… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent decades have seen the rapid expansion of scholarship that identifies societal
responses to past climatic fluctuations. This fast-changing scholarship, which was recently …

[图书][B] How chiefs became kings: Divine kingship and the rise of archaic states in ancient Hawai'i

PV Kirch - 2010 - books.google.com
" With unparalleled knowledge of Polynesia's history, ecology, languages, and archaeology,
Patrick V. Kirch shows us how, when, and why Hawaiian society crossed the gulf from …

The long-term expansion and recession of human populations

J Freeman, E Robinson, D Bird… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Over the last 12,000 y, human populations have expanded and transformed critical earth
systems. Yet, a key unresolved question in the environmental and social sciences remains …

Ecology of the collapse of Rapa Nui society

M Lima, EM Gayo, C Latorre… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Collapses of food producer societies are recurrent events in prehistory and have triggered a
growing concern for identifying the underlying causes of convergences/divergences across …

Through a filter, darkly: population size estimation, systematic error, and random error in radiocarbon-supported demographic temporal frequency analysis

WA Brown - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Archaeologists are increasingly concerned that the non-linear relationship between the
calendric and radiocarbon timelines may introduce anomalous structures into radiocarbon …

The importance of elders: Extending Hamilton's force of selection to include intergenerational transfers

R Davison, M Gurven - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
In classical evolutionary models, the force of natural selection diminishes with age toward
zero by last reproduction. However, intergenerational resource transfers and other late-life …

Repeated long-term population growth overshoots and recessions among hunter-gatherers

J Freeman, RP Mauldin, M Whisenhunt… - The …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
We propose a model that may explain long-term population growth and decline events
among human populations: The intensification of production generates a tradeoff between …

[HTML][HTML] Rain, sun, soil, and sweat: A consideration of population limits on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) before European contact

CO Puleston, TN Ladefoged, S Haoa… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The incongruity between the small and apparently impoverished Rapa Nui population that
early European travelers encountered and the magnificence of its numerous and massive …

The past and future of growth rate estimation in demographic temporal frequency analysis: biodemographic interpretability and the ascendance of dynamic growth …

WA Brown - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Population growth rate estimators have recently emerged in demographic temporal
frequency analysis (dTFA) as further tools to monitor pre-census population dynamics. The …