Population growth: anthropological implications

"Proceedings of a colloquium in general anthropology entitled 'Population, resources, and technology, ' held at the University of Pennsylvania, March 11-14, 1970, under the combined auspices of the Near East Center, the University Museum, and the Department of Anthropology of the University of Pennsylvania, in association with the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Incorporated.";Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-413);The evolution of early agriculture and culture in greater Mesopotamia : a trial model -- Demography and the "urban revolution" in lowland Mesopotamia -- From autonomous villages to the state, a numerical estimation -- A regional population in Egypt to circa 600 B.C. -- Population, agricultural history, and societal evolution in Mesoamerica -- Plow and population in temperate Europe -- Some aspects of agriculture in Taita -- Farm labor and the evolution of food production -- Sacred power and centralization : aspects of political adaptation in Africa -- The Iranian deserts -- Demographic aspects of Tibetan nomadic pastoralism -- Population growth and political centralization -- Prehistoric population growth and subsistence change in Eskimo Alaska -- Population growth and the beginnings of sedentary life among the!Kung Bushmen -- The intensification of social life among the!Kung Bushmen -- Biological factors in population control -- The viewpoint of historical demography