Quantitative data on demography are vital building blocks for understanding cultural and landscape changes. This contribution highlights the making and testing of evidence-based population estimates based on archaeological data in the Roman and early-medieval Netherlands. The reconstructed demographic trends were validated by means of comparison, using multi-proxy data and evaluating data reliability. Results show a substantial late and post-Roman population decline. Regional differences however, were substantial as well. As this diversity may be crucial to explain manifestations of regional cultural differences during the late-/post-Roman period, demographic reconstructions require a multi-scale approach.
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In: PCA, European journal of postclassical archaeologies, vol. 8 (2018), p 189-218 Samenv. in het Italiaans Met lit.opg.
