{"id":"https://openalex.org/W474735129","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1086/444367","title":"Fitting to a Distribution of Deaths by Age with Application to Paleodemography","display_name":"Fitting to a Distribution of Deaths by Age with Application to Paleodemography","publication_year":2005,"publication_date":"2005-11-10","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W474735129","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1086/444367","mag":"474735129"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1086/444367","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1086/444367","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1086/444367","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S165709033","display_name":"Current Anthropology","issn_l":"0011-3204","issn":["0011-3204","1537-5382"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","jufo-3","norway-2","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315672","host_organization_name":"University of Chicago Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315672","https://openalex.org/P4310315690"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["University of Chicago Press","University of Chicago"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Current Anthropology","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5052396242","display_name":"No\u00ebl Bonneuil","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3196-2793","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3196-2793"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1325388108","display_name":"Institut national d'\u00e9tudes d\u00e9mographiques","ror":"https://ror.org/02cnsac56","country_code":"FR","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1325388108"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2746051580","display_name":"Universit\u00e9 Paris Sciences et Lettres","ror":"https://ror.org/013cjyk83","country_code":"FR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2746051580"]}],"countries":["FR"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"No\u00ebl Bonneuil","raw_affiliation_strings":["","INED Institut National d' Etudes Demographiques","PSL Research University"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"INED Institut National d' Etudes Demographiques","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1325388108"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"PSL Research University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2746051580"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5052396242"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1325388108","https://openalex.org/I2746051580"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":12,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.11041899,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":94},"biblio":{"volume":"46","issue":"S5","first_page":"S29","last_page":"S45"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12011","display_name":"Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management","score":0.826200008392334,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3317","display_name":"Demography"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12011","display_name":"Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management","score":0.826200008392334,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3317","display_name":"Demography"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10992","display_name":"Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies","score":0.15860000252723694,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1204","display_name":"Archeology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14208","display_name":"Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning","score":0.0012000000569969416,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3314","display_name":"Anthropology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/paleodemography","display_name":"paleodemography","score":0.9269999861717224},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/age-specific-mortality","display_name":"age-specific mortality","score":0.6259999871253967},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/stable-population","display_name":"stable population","score":0.40700000524520874},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/simulated-annealing","display_name":"simulated annealing","score":0.7070000171661377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/life-expectancy-at-birth","display_name":"life expectancy at birth","score":0.8519999980926514},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/total-fertility-rate","display_name":"total fertility rate","score":0.9929999709129333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cemetery-records","display_name":"cemetery records","score":0.42399999499320984},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/human-skeletal-remains","display_name":"skeletal remains","score":0.37700000405311584}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C133925201","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188419","display_name":"Life expectancy","level":3,"score":0.799710214138031},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C518429986","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q964401","display_name":"Fertility","level":3,"score":0.700444757938385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2908647359","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2625603","display_name":"Population","level":2,"score":0.5886175632476807},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C143724316","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312468","display_name":"Series (stratigraphy)","level":2,"score":0.5713469386100769},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C37512671","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q203516","display_name":"Birth rate","level":4,"score":0.5593045949935913},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C47122089","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q285897","display_name":"Total fertility rate","level":5,"score":0.5398451685905457},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149923435","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37732","display_name":"Demography","level":1,"score":0.5104559659957886},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.5016226768493652},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126980161","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q863783","display_name":"Simulated annealing","level":2,"score":0.45781248807907104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.4558398425579071},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C179755657","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58702","display_name":"Mortality rate","level":2,"score":0.41596096754074097},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149782125","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160039","display_name":"Econometrics","level":1,"score":0.3816326856613159},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C28826006","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33521","display_name":"Applied mathematics","level":1,"score":0.3742815852165222},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.27385950088500977},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2986817661","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185698","display_name":"Research methodology","level":3,"score":0.25530993938446045},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779076696","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1280670","display_name":"Family planning","level":4,"score":0.1759951114654541},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.12655135989189148},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127313418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1069","display_name":"Geology","level":0,"score":0.09890708327293396},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1086/444367","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1086/444367","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1086/444367","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S165709033","display_name":"Current Anthropology","issn_l":"0011-3204","issn":["0011-3204","1537-5382"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","jufo-3","norway-2","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315672","host_organization_name":"University of Chicago Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315672","https://openalex.org/P4310315690"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["University of Chicago Press","University of Chicago"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Current Anthropology","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3","display_name":"Good health and well-being","score":0.7200000286102295}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":47,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W49622706","https://openalex.org/W290306997","https://openalex.org/W626502626","https://openalex.org/W638410186","https://openalex.org/W957162095","https://openalex.org/W1526859709","https://openalex.org/W1530590889","https://openalex.org/W1549830922","https://openalex.org/W1704153740","https://openalex.org/W1828788681","https://openalex.org/W1981498491","https://openalex.org/W1991423134","https://openalex.org/W1993800955","https://openalex.org/W1998099160","https://openalex.org/W2002014634","https://openalex.org/W2003578501","https://openalex.org/W2005742653","https://openalex.org/W2009558903","https://openalex.org/W2011352194","https://openalex.org/W2014195455","https://openalex.org/W2018638591","https://openalex.org/W2024060531","https://openalex.org/W2025671479","https://openalex.org/W2032356485","https://openalex.org/W2054865060","https://openalex.org/W2055502660","https://openalex.org/W2056643648","https://openalex.org/W2056760934","https://openalex.org/W2060886431","https://openalex.org/W2062774779","https://openalex.org/W2063065042","https://openalex.org/W2073084070","https://openalex.org/W2084015242","https://openalex.org/W2084278058","https://openalex.org/W2093498512","https://openalex.org/W2102428682","https://openalex.org/W2144725514","https://openalex.org/W2144909283","https://openalex.org/W2148053810","https://openalex.org/W2167958505","https://openalex.org/W2246511902","https://openalex.org/W2494441571","https://openalex.org/W2507914550","https://openalex.org/W3150610941","https://openalex.org/W4232567724","https://openalex.org/W4242953204","https://openalex.org/W4250988464"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3149780232","https://openalex.org/W2015446818","https://openalex.org/W2003578501","https://openalex.org/W2038220940","https://openalex.org/W1991423134","https://openalex.org/W4252186651","https://openalex.org/W2075541037","https://openalex.org/W2109677483","https://openalex.org/W2981412340","https://openalex.org/W2144725514"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"What":[0],"can":[1,67],"we":[2],"learn":[3],"from":[4,17,74],"distributions":[5],"of":[6,87,123,136],"deaths":[7],"by":[8],"age":[9],"cumulated":[10],"over":[11,113],"time":[12,126],"such":[13],"as":[14],"those":[15],"estimated":[16],"skeletons?":[18],"Among":[19],"the":[20,24,35,43,46,50,88,97,103,109,114,121,124,137],"many":[21],"solutions":[22],"fitting":[23],"data":[25],"(which":[26],"are":[27,117,128,131],"not":[28,61],"necessarily":[29],"stable":[30,63],"populations":[31],"but":[32],"which":[33],"satisfy":[34],"demographic":[36,51],"equations":[37],"with":[38,45,70],"timevarying":[39],"fertility":[40,106],"and":[41,65,108,142],"mortality),":[42],"solution":[44,58],"minimum":[47],"variations":[48],"in":[49],"forces":[52],"provides":[53],"a":[54,62,71,83],"useful":[55],"reference.":[56],"This":[57,78],"is":[59],"generally":[60],"population,":[64],"it":[66],"be":[68],"achieved":[69],"technique":[72],"borrowed":[73],"simulated":[75],"annealing":[76],"optimization.":[77],"method,":[79],"although":[80,120],"complex,":[81],"produces":[82],"more":[84],"realistic":[85],"reconstruction":[86],"underlying":[89],"population":[90,111],"than":[91],"previous":[92],"methods.":[93],"Simulations":[94],"show":[95],"that":[96],"mean":[98,104,110],"life":[99],"expectancy":[100],"at":[101],"birth,":[102],"total":[105],"rate,":[107],"size":[112],"deposition":[115],"period":[116],"accurately":[118],"reconstructed":[119],"fluctuations":[122],"corresponding":[125],"series":[127],"not.":[129],"Results":[130],"presented":[132],"for":[133],"case":[134],"studies":[135],"St.":[138],"Thomas":[139],"Anglican":[140],"Church":[141],"Dallas":[143],"Freedmans":[144],"Cemeteries.":[145]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-12T09:40:04.860316","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}