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An attempt to estimate the population size of Sarmizegetusa Regia, the

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344 HOW MANY PEOPLE? ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF PAST
DEMOGRAPHY

Time: 9:00 - 13:00 CEST, 11 September 2021

Theme: 5. Assembling archaeological theory and the archaeological sciences
Format: Regular session
Organisers: Fernandes, Ricardo (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History; Oxford University; Masaryk
University) - Fernández-Götz, Manuel (University of Edinburgh) - Vander Linden, Marc (Bournemouth University)

ABSTRACTS
9:00 BIG DATA AND BAYESIAN APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF ANCIENT POPULATION DYNAMICS
Fernandes, Ricardo (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History; University of Oxford; Masaryk University)

9:15 REASSESSING IRON AGE DEMOGRAPHY: METHODS, APPROACHES AND CASE STUDIES
Fernández-Götz, Manuel (University of Edinburgh, School of History, Classics and Archaeology)

9:30 BOOM AND BUST - AGGLOMERATION AND DISPERSAL AS A DEMOGRAPHIC PATTERN IN PREHISTORY?
Mueller, Johannes - Bilotti, Giacomo - Laabs, Juliane - Kerig, Tim - Müller-Scheeßel, Nils (Institute of Prehistoric and
Protohistoric Archaeology Kiel)

9:45 POPULATION CHANGE AND FIRE HISTORY DURING THE HOLOCENE IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA
Sweeney, Luke (School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science - SAGES, University of Reading) -
Vander Linden, Marc (Institute for the Modelling of Socio-Environmental Transitions, Bournemouth University) - Har-
rison, Sandy (School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science - SAGES, University of Reading)

10:00 PEOPLE, HOUSES AND SETTLEMENTS: SMALL-SCALE DEMOGRAPHIC APPROACHES IN THE STUDY OF NEOLITHIC
AND BRONZE AGE NORTHERN EUROPE
Bilotti, Giacomo (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel)

10:15 FROM POINT TO PATTERN, AND PATTERN TO POPULATION - A DIACHRONIC STUDY OF POPULATION DYNAMICS IN
SOUTHEAST SCOTLAND
Cowley, Dave (HES Historic Environment Scotland; Department of Archaeology, University of Ghent)

10:30 DISCUSSION SLOT

10:45 A CENTURY IN THE LAND OF ICE AND FIRE: THE SETTLEMENT OF ICELAND
Cartwright, Rachel (University of Minnesota)

11:00 PEOPLE AND HOUSEHOLD IN TERRAMARA SETTLEMENTS. A FLOOR AREA APPROACH REVISED
Vicenzutto, David (Università degli Studi di Padova. Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali: Archeologia, Storia dell’Arte, del
Cinema e della Musica)

11:15 THE INTERPLAY OF DEMOGRAPHY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF THE EGYPTIAN LATE
BRONZE AGE DEPORTATION POLICIES
Langer, Christian (Peking University)

11:30 AN ATTEMPT TO ESTIMATE THE POPULATION SIZE OF SARMIZEGETUSA REGIA, THE CAPITAL OF THE DACIAN
KINGDOM
Petan, Aurora (Study Centre of Dacica Foundation)

11:45 A COMPARISON OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUBADULTS AGE-AT-DEATH AND LONG BONE GROWTH FROM
MEDIEVAL ENGLISH URBAN CITIES
White, Sina (University of Kent, School of Anthropology and Conservation, Skeletal Biology Research Centre) - New-
man, Sophie (University of Sheffield, Department of Archaeology) - Primeau, Charlotte (University of York, Depart-
ment of Archaeology) - Deter, Chris (University of Kent, School of Anthropology and Conservation, Skeletal Biology
Research Centre)

12:00 DISCUSSION SLOT

Please note that the schedule is indicative only - session organisers may alter the runnig order and introduce breaks as relevant.
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POSTERS:
A. POPULATION DYNAMICS IN THE WESTERN SCHELDT BASIN FROM THE MESOLITHIC PERIOD TO THE IRON AGE:
SPDS AND SETTLEMENT DATA
Van Maldegem, Elliot - Crombé, Philippe (Ghent University)

Please note that the schedule is indicative only - session organisers may alter the runnig order and introduce breaks as relevant.
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