Archaeology and Historical Demography

Der Band präsentiert 20 Beiträge zweier Kolloquien im Rahmen des Südeuropadialogs des DAAD in Göttingen im Juni 2022 und Palermo im Oktober 2022 unter der Leitung der Herausgeber und Aurelio Burgio. Auf eine Einführung der Herausgeber folgen Aufsätze zu einem Überblick über Demographie und Archäologie, Methoden und Probleme archäologischer Proxydaten für Populationsdynamik, archäologischer Demographie nördlich und südlich der Alpen, einem diachronen Vergleich früher Populationen, drei Fallstudien zur Demographie Siziliens, Populationsschätzungen für Böotien und attischen Grabreliefs als Quelle für die Demographie Athens. Weitere Themen sind extraurbane Siedlungsstrukturen und Demographie, der demographische Wandel in Lykien, das Forschungsprojekt “Roman Empire of 2000 Cities”, Populationszahlen und -proportionen in republikanischen Kolonien Italiens, die Demographie römischer bäuerlicher Landschaften, die demographische Krise im frühmittelalterlichen Nordfrankreich, die Demographie von Halaesa und Umland, die Bevölkerung von Solunt im 6./5. Jh. v.Chr. und die Demographie der Ebene von Carini in spätrömischer und byzantinischer Zeit.

The volume presents 20 contributions from two colloquia held as part of the DAAD Southern European Dialogue in Göttingen in June 2022 and Palermo in October 2022 under the direction of the editors and Aurelio Burgio. An introduction by the editors is followed by papers on an overview of demography and archaeology, methods and problems of archaeological proxy data for population dynamics, archaeological demography north and south of the Alps, a diachronic comparison of early populations, three case studies on the demography of Sicily, population estimates for Boeotia, and Attic funeral reliefs as a source for the demography of Athens. Other topics include extra-urban settlement structures and demography, demographic change in Lycia, the research project "Roman Empire of 2000 cities", population numbers and proportions in Republican colonies in Italy, the demography of Roman rural landscapes, the demographic crisis in Early Medieval Northern France, the demography of Halaesa and its surrounding area, the population of Soluntum in the 6th/5th century B.C., and the demography of the Carini Plain in the Late Roman and Byzantine periods. The volume presents 20 contributions from two colloquia held as part of the DAAD Southern European Dialogue in Göttingen in June 2022 and Palermo in October 2022 under the direction of the editors and Aurelio Burgio. An introduction by the editors is followed by papers on an overview of demography and archaeology, methods and problems of archaeological proxy data for population dynamics, archaeological demography north and south of the Alps, a diachronic comparison of early populations, three case studies on the demography of Sicily, population estimates for Boeotia, and Attic funeral reliefs as a source for the demography of Athens. Other topics include extra-urban settlement structures and demography, demographic change in Lycia, the research project "Roman Empire of 2000 cities", population numbers and proportions in Republican colonies in Italy, the demography of Roman rural landscapes, the demographic crisis in Early Medieval Northern France, the demography of Halaesa and its surrounding area, the population of Soluntum in the 6th/5th century B.C., and the demography of the Carini Plain in the Late Roman and Byzantine periods.