Statistical inference of prehistoric demography from frequency distributions of radiocarbon dates: a review and a guide for the perplexed

ER Crema - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2022 - Springer
The last decade saw a rapid increase in the number of studies where time–frequency
changes of radiocarbon dates have been used as a proxy for inferring past population …

Inference from large sets of radiocarbon dates: software and methods

ER Crema, A Bevan - Radiocarbon, 2021 - cambridge.org
The last decade has seen the development of a range of new statistical and computational
techniques for analysing large collections of radiocarbon (14C) dates, often but not …

p3k14c, a synthetic global database of archaeological radiocarbon dates

D Bird, L Miranda, M Vander Linden, E Robinson… - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
Archaeologists increasingly use large radiocarbon databases to model prehistoric human
demography (also termed paleo-demography). Numerous independent projects, funded …

Geohistorical records of the Anthropocene in Chile

EM Gayo, VB McRostie, R Campbell, C Flores… - Elem Sci …, 2019 - online.ucpress.edu
The deep-time dynamics of coupled socio-ecological systems at different spatial scales is
viewed as a key framework to understand trends and mechanisms that have led to the …

Positive feedbacks in deep-time transitions of human populations

M Lima, EM Gayo, SA Estay… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Abrupt and rapid changes in human societies are among the most exciting population
phenomena. Human populations tend to show rapid expansions from low to high population …

Substitution threat between Airbnb and hotels: Myth or reality?

R Sainaghi, R Baggio - Annals of Tourism Research, 2020 - Elsevier
The rise of peer-to-peer accommodation platforms in the tourism and hospitality industry has
created an interesting and growing debate around the threats of substitution between them …

Long-term demographic trends in prehistoric Italy: Climate impacts and regionalised socio-ecological trajectories

A Palmisano, A Bevan, A Kabelindde, N Roberts… - Journal of world …, 2021 - Springer
The Italian peninsula offers an excellent case study within which to investigate long-term
regional demographic trends and their response to climate fluctuations, especially given its …

Palaeodemographic modelling supports a population bottleneck during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in Iberia

J Fernández-López de Pablo, M Gutiérrez-Roig… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Demographic change lies at the core of debates on genetic inheritance and resilience to
climate change of prehistoric hunter-gatherers. Here we analyze the radiocarbon record of …

A Bayesian approach for fitting and comparing demographic growth models of radiocarbon dates: A case study on the Jomon-Yayoi transition in Kyushu (Japan)

ER Crema, S Shoda - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Large sets of radiocarbon dates are increasingly used as proxies for inferring past
population dynamics and the last few years, in particular, saw an increase in the …

Multicentennial cycles in continental demography synchronous with solar activity and climate stability

KW Wirtz, N Antunes, A Diachenko, J Laabs… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Human population dynamics and their drivers are not well understood, especially over the
long term and on large scales. Here, we estimate demographic growth trajectories from 9 to …