Age Distributions.

From: mr happy <ajbehan_at_tcd.ie>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 14:31:01 +0000 (GMT)

Owen Jones:
> Is there anyone out there with concrete data on age distributions for
> nomadic hunter-gatherer communities?

In G:tCoHW Bill Dunne says that healing magic and the prevelance of violence in Glorantha means that the death rate is about the same for all cohorts/age groups; ie the age distribution pyramid is an isoceles triangle. Medieval life expectancy averaged about 35.

> I'm looking at a Balazaring clan (as found in the environs of Griffin
> Mountain), and wondering, on average, how many adolescents would come of age
> in any given year.

AFAI recall 7-12 per 500-1000.
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Andrew Behan

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