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1	The archaeology of settlement and migratory patterns of the Fur tribe in Darfur, Sudan / Gutierrez, Shaheen. January 2008 (has links) Thesis (B.S.)--University of Wisconsin -- La Crosse, 2008. / Also available online. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 33-35).
2	Skeletal characteristics and population demography as reflected by materials from Toutswe tradition sites in eastern Botswana, west of the Shashe-Limpopo basin Mosothwane, Morongwa Nancy. January 2004 (has links) Thesis (MSc.(Anatomy)--Faculty of Health Sciences)-University of Pretoria, 2004.
3	Population dynamics, growth and development in Chalcolithic sites of the Deccan Plateau, India / Robbins, Gwen. January 2007 (has links) Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2007. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 301-344). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
4	Paleodemography of Highland Beach the demographic parameters of a Native American population from Southeastern Florida Unknown Date (has links) Those who practice within the field and those who wish to discredit the field have long debated the field of paleodemography. In 1999 and again in 2000, researchers who used paleodemographic analysis assembled in Rostock, Germany to amend the present issues and change the way research is conducted in the future (Hoppa and Vaupel 2002). As a result of these meetings, researchers created the Rostock Manifesto. While many scholars accepted the change in the suite of methodologies carried out under the new guidance, little has been said on the effectiveness of the manifesto. In this thesis, I argue that the Rostock Manifesto, at the very least, is effective in changing the results of paleodemographic research both qualitatively and quantitatively. Unfortunately, due to the nature of paleodemographic research it cannot be said of how effective the manifesto is. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2015 / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection Demographic anthropology Demographic archaeology Human population genetics Human remains (Archaeology) Human skeleton -- Analysis Indians of North America -- Florida Paleoanthropology
5	La céramique du Néolithique moyen : analyse spatiale et histoire des peuplements / Burri, Elena. January 2007 (has links) Genf, Universit́e, Diss.
6	A demographic analysis of Late Bronze Age Canaan : ancient population estimates and insights through archaeology Kennedy, Titus Michael January 2013 (has links) This thesis is a demographic analysis of Late Bronze Age Canaan (ca. 1550/1500-1200/1150 BCE), undertaken through the use of archaeological and anthropological data. The purpose is to establish estimates for the settlement population, nomadic population, nuclear family size, house size, sex ratio, and life expectancy of the people of Canaan during the Late Bronze Age. Previous studies have not addressed these issues in detail, nor had data from the entire scope of Canaan been considered, nor had a precise methodology been developed or used for estimating specific settlement populations and nomadic populations for Canaan during the Late Bronze Age. Thus, additional aspects of the thesis include the development and use of a new methodology for estimating ancient populations and a database of all of the Late Bronze Age sites in Canaan—both archaeological and textual. To accomplish these goals, the thesis uses archaeological data from excavations and surveys, texts from the Late Bronze Age, human skeletal remains from Late Bronze Age burials, demographic and ethnographic studies of various types of nomads, and methods, techniques, and observations from previous relevant studies. The primary objectives are to 1) obtain individual settlement, nomadic, and total population estimates for Canaan in the Late Bronze Age that are as accurate as possible based on the currently available data, along with additional demographic estimates of life expectancy and sex ratio, 2) propose a new methodology for estimating settlement populations in the ancient world, 3) present a catalogue and map of all of the sites in Canaan that were inhabited during the Late Bronze Age, 4) illuminate demographic trends during the Late Bronze Age in Canaan. The implications of the results may lead to a modified demographic view of Canaan and its sub-regions during the Late Bronze Age. / Old Testament & Ancient Near Eastern Studies / D. Litt. et Phil. (Biblical Archaeology) Amarna Letters Ancient Population Apiru Archaeology Burials Canaan Canaanite Conquest Demographic Archaeology Demography Domestic Architecture Household Archaeology Family Archaeology GIS Israel Jordan Late Bronze Age Lebanon Levant Life Expectancy Nomad Palestine Population Estimate Shasu Settlement Syria Topographical Lists 18th Dynasty 19th Dynasty 933 Bronze age -- Palestine Excavations (Archaeology) -- Palestine Population -- Palestine Demography -- Palestine Palestine -- Social life and customs Palestine -- Antiquities Palestine -- Civilization
7	A demographic analysis of Late Bronze Age Canaan : ancient population estimates and insights through archaeology Kennedy, Titus Michael January 2013 (has links) This thesis is a demographic analysis of Late Bronze Age Canaan (ca. 1550/1500-1200/1150 BCE), undertaken through the use of archaeological and anthropological data. The purpose is to establish estimates for the settlement population, nomadic population, nuclear family size, house size, sex ratio, and life expectancy of the people of Canaan during the Late Bronze Age. Previous studies have not addressed these issues in detail, nor had data from the entire scope of Canaan been considered, nor had a precise methodology been developed or used for estimating specific settlement populations and nomadic populations for Canaan during the Late Bronze Age. Thus, additional aspects of the thesis include the development and use of a new methodology for estimating ancient populations and a database of all of the Late Bronze Age sites in Canaan—both archaeological and textual. To accomplish these goals, the thesis uses archaeological data from excavations and surveys, texts from the Late Bronze Age, human skeletal remains from Late Bronze Age burials, demographic and ethnographic studies of various types of nomads, and methods, techniques, and observations from previous relevant studies. The primary objectives are to 1) obtain individual settlement, nomadic, and total population estimates for Canaan in the Late Bronze Age that are as accurate as possible based on the currently available data, along with additional demographic estimates of life expectancy and sex ratio, 2) propose a new methodology for estimating settlement populations in the ancient world, 3) present a catalogue and map of all of the sites in Canaan that were inhabited during the Late Bronze Age, 4) illuminate demographic trends during the Late Bronze Age in Canaan. The implications of the results may lead to a modified demographic view of Canaan and its sub-regions during the Late Bronze Age. / Biblical and Ancient Studies / D. Litt. et Phil. (Biblical Archaeology) Amarna Letters Ancient Population Apiru Archaeology Burials Canaan Canaanite Conquest Demographic Archaeology Demography Domestic Architecture Household Archaeology Family Archaeology GIS Israel Jordan Late Bronze Age Lebanon Levant Life Expectancy Nomad Palestine Population Estimate Shasu Settlement Syria Topographical Lists 18th Dynasty 19th Dynasty 933 Bronze age -- Palestine Excavations (Archaeology) -- Palestine Population -- Palestine Demography -- Palestine Palestine -- Social life and customs Palestine -- Antiquities Palestine -- Civilization
8	Optimal Sensor Placement for Structural Health Monitoring Movva, Gopichand 12 1900 (has links) In large-scale civil structures, a limited number of sensors are placed to monitor the health of civil structures to reduce maintenance, communication and energy costs. In this thesis, the problem of optimal sensor location placement to infer the health of civil structures is explored. First, a comparative study of approaches from the fields of control engineering and civil engineering is conducted . The widely used civil engineering approaches such as effective independence (EI) and modal assurance criterion (MAC) have limitations because of the negligence of modes and damping parameters. On the other hand, control engineering approaches consider the entire system dynamics using impulse response-type sensor measurement data. Such inference can be formulated as an estimation problem, with the dynamics formulated as a second-order differential equation. The comparative study suggests that damping dynamics play significant impact to the selection of best sensor location---the civil engineering approaches that neglect the damping dynamics lead to very different sensor locations from those of the control engineering approaches. In the second part of the thesis, an initial attempt to directly connect the topological graph of the structure (that defines the damping and stiffness matrices) and the second-order dynamics is conducted. sensor placement Eigenvalue estimation damping dynamics effective independence state estimation

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