• 1985 Pubic symphysis age distributions. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 68: 281-299
it is the methods of age assessment, rather than the characteristics of skeletal samples, which determine age estimations (link)
erratum: page 297 17(0.223)


• 1992 Paleodemography: problems and techniques. In S.R. Saunders and M.A. Katzenberg (eds.), Skeletal Biology of Past Peoples: Research Methods, pp. 189-224. New York: Wiley-Liss
we need increased emphasis on detailed studies of dentitions for adult age assessment and a clear idea of the limitations of palaeodemography (link)
erratum: pages 216-217 r = should not be percentage


• 1993 On paradox and osteology. Current Anthropology 34(4): 434-439
reaction to a statement that adult age assessment is no longer an important issue in osteology (link)


• 1994 Birth rates and bones. In A. Herring and L. Chan (eds.), Strength in Diversity: a Reader in Physical Anthropology Toronto: Canadian Scholar's Press, pp. 155-185
using ethnohistory to test whether skeletal biologists can make useful estimates of birth rates (link)


• 2000 Building the bases for paleodemographic analysis: adult age determination. In M.A. Katzenberg and S.R. Saunders (eds.), Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton, pp. 407-456. New York: John Wiley and Sons
I was asked to write a paper on assessing the age at death of adults: I propose a new way of thinking about age changes, and look at suggestions that have been made for dealing with problems of adult age assessment and taphonomy (link)
(reply to criticism)


• 2000 Ethnohistory and osteology in southern Ontario. In The Entangled Past: Integrating History and Archaeology. Papers of the 30th Annual Chacmool Conference Calgary: Archaeological Association, University of Calgary
using ethnohistory to show that skeletal biologists have underestimated longevity (link)
NB: Table 2 footnote a, page 174 notes that the Carrier's (1958) formula for r (rate of increase) contained an error, and that I calculate r differently from date of the 27th Chacmool Conference in November, 1997


• 2002 Jackes, M. Review of R.D. Hoppa and J.W. Vaupel (eds.) Palaeodemography: Age Distributions from Skeletal Samples.  American Journal of Human Biology 14 (6): 792-795 (link)


• 2003 Jackes, M. Testing a Method: Paleodemography and proportional fitting.  American Journal of Physical Anthropology 121:385-386 (link)


• Jackes, M., M. Roksandic and C. Meiklejohn The demography of the Djerdap Mesolithic/Neolithic transition. In Clive Bonsall, Vasile Boroneant and Ivana Radovanovic (eds.), The Iron Gates in Prehistory: new perspectives. BAR International Series 1893. Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 77-88. (Djerdap)
  
one of several papers on the question of whether it is possible to discern differences in fertility between the Mesolithic and the Neolithic in Europe
 

• Jackes, M. and C. Meiklejohn 2004 Building a method for the study of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Portugal.  In M. Budja (ed.), Neolithic Studies 11, Documenta Praehistorica 31: 89-111.  (Ljubljana)
  looks especially at the particular problems presented by Cabeço da Arruda, a famous site of the Portuguese Mesolithic
  

Several papers follow this, examining the background to the palaeodemographic study of Moita do Sebastião. So far --


• Jackes, M. and C. Meiklejohn 2008 The Paleodemography of Central Portugal and the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition. In Bocquet-Appel, J.P. (ed.) Recent Advances in Paleodemography: Data, Techniques, Patterns  Springer pp. 209-258.  (Tours)


• Jackes, M. and P. Alvim 2006 Reconstructing Moita do Sebastião, the first step. In Rolão, J. (ed.) O Complexo Mesolítico de Muge: Passado, Presente et Futuro, pp. 13-25.In, N.F. Bicho and H. Veríssimo (eds.) Do Epipalaeolítico ao Calcolítico na Península Iberica.  Actas do IV Congresso de Arqueologia Peninsular.  Faro: Universidade do Algarve, Promontoria Monográfica 04.
 (preprint Faro) 
Moita further information on this available in poster presented at Muge 150th: 150th anniversary of the discovery of the Mesolithic shellmiddens, Salvaterra de Magos, Portugal, March 2013.

unpublished paper detailing the total fertility rate estimation method LINK

Link to information on dental attrition coding

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