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A Functional Estimator of Population from Floor Area

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Polly Wiessner
Polly Wiessner*
Affiliation:
Museum of Anthropology, The University of Michigan
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Abstract

This paper presents an alternative to Naroll's formula for estimating population size from settlement area. It uses an allometric model modified for hunter-gatherer camps. In this model, the parameters are derived theoretically to describe mean area per person and the geometric properties of population distribution. The proposed model is then tested on 16 !Kung Bushmen settlements.

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American Antiquity , Volume 39 , Issue 2Part1 , April 1974 , pp. 343 - 350
Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1974

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