The Demographics of a Village of Recently Settled Hunter- Gatherers in Thailand (original) (raw)

The social and economic correlates of demographic change in a northern Thai community

1981

In this study, changes in the social and economic structure of a Northern Thai community are analysed in terms of demographic change. Although primarily an empirical study, it is hoped also to contribute to two associated theoretical problems. The first concerns the relationship between economic and demographic change in the process of social evolution. It is argued that rather than one or other variable being 'independent', such changes are a result of complex interaction between the variables over time. The second stems from the debate on the nature of Northern Thai social structure. Here the value of incorporating an analysis of demographic change in an anthropological study is exemplified by the evidence that apparent inconsistencies and contradictions found in the literature on communities in Northern Thailand can be explained to a large extent by an examination of their individual demographic histories. Fieldwork was conducted in Ban Pong Village in Chiengmai Province ...

Sakkarin2016 The Incomplete Sedentarization of the Mlabri in Northern Thailand

This paper is based on a survey of the so-called " sedentarization " of the Mlabri in Thailand. It is argued that for at least three reasons their sedentarization is not a " normal " transition from a hunter-gatherer to an agricultural society, as would be assumed by an evolutionist perspective. First, it does not relate to a " natural " or inevitable pattern because it has been largely a State-led process initiated through development projects. Second, it does not have the same characteristics everywhere, and depends on social networks as well as on historical and geographical factors. That means sedentarization of the Mlabri cannot be fully understood without considering their relationships with other ethnic groups, especially the Hmong. Finally, sedentarization is an open-ended process with no obvious and predetermined end, because the Mlabri interact with their neighbors and the various development projects and still move from one settlement to another one according to their own agenda.

The palaeodemography of a prehistoric Thai population: Non Nok Tha

1974

COMPOSITE life tables are constructed from mortality data recorded on 139 inhumation burials from a prehistoric archaeological site, Non Nok Tha (NNT), in northeastern Thailand. The representativeness of the site's vital statistics, the methods used to determine the age and sex from skeletal remains, the possible sources of sampling error, and the method of life table construction used are discussed. Combining mortality data from all levels of the site shows the mean age-at-death for the entire sample to be 24.7 years, with very few individuals surviving to old age.

Villages in Northern Thailand Continuities Adaptations and Change in Nan Province

Journal of International and Public Affairs, 2020

This paper reflects on recent agrarian economic change across rural Thai societies, based on a month-long fieldwork stint in June 2019. Focusing on Nan province, Northern Thailand, this study outlines key agrarian transformations and continuities occurring in Thai agrarian society that put the concept of the village to the test. Changing economic rationalities in agriculture and variable risk levels are found to shape farmers' choice of livelihood strategies.